RE: [SLUG] Antivirus and Email Encryption - both Linux and... that other OS

From: Ken Elliott (kelliott11@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jun 15 2009 - 16:54:12 EDT


>> " I know we /don't/ worry about it for Linux "

We should be aware that Linux is far from immune. Assuming it is will lead
to the sort of problems the Windows community faces today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_computer_viruses

Ken Elliott
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Scott Grizzard
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:25 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Antivirus and Email Encryption - both Linux and... that
other OS

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As a follow-up, I know we /don't/ worry about it for Linux, but /iff/ we
did, does anyone know off the top of their head how clam-av integration
works with Kmail, Evolution, and Thunderbird?

I am going to dig into the source code if no one does, but after finding
so little knowledge about this on-line, I think it may be a good thing
to assemble documentation for and post on the web so everyone can
benefit from our frustrations :)

- - Scott Grizzard
http://www.scottgrizzard.com/
scott@scotgrizzard.com

Scott Grizzard wrote:
> I think that is what I am looking for.
>
> It supports both types of encryption, and works on Outlook, Thunderbird
> (windows), and Apple Mail. It supports S/MIMIE and OpenPGP. I assume
> that the partnership means that if you use Norton and PGP Desktop Home,
> you are protected from malware.
>
> I will research this. Thanks Ken,
>
> Scott Grizzard
> http://www.scottgrizzard.com/
> scott@scottgrizzard.com
>
> Ken Elliott wrote:
>> Scott
>
>> http://www.pgp.com/partners/technology_alliance/symantec.html
>
>> This solution uses the AV before encryption for the sender, and after
>> encryption for the receiver. Windows only, natch.
>
>> Ken Elliott
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Scott Grizzard
>> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:50 PM
>> To: slug@nks.net
>> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Antivirus and Email Encryption - both Linux and...
that
>> other OS
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>> These are all about setting up a gateway server - my problem is "what if
>> you are doing end-to-end encryption, where the mail servers /can't/ read
>> the email.
>
>> I understand the idea of doing encryption on the gateway, but if you are
>> encrypting on the local machines (using pgp for example), how do you do
>> antivirus?
>
>> - - Scott Grizzard
>
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