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Old 02-18-2008, 07:22 AM
Thorsten Glaser
 
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Purcell, Joey [Contractor] dixit:

>workstations with OpenBSD. I would like to have any input you can provide
>as to what the best antivirus software is available for OpenBSD. I have
>been researching F-Prot but I would like some professional input. Please


I can't speak for "professional" input, since there is no source or
anything, but from a user's perspective, it's quite a good tool.

It works, is said to be as good as the legendary F-Prot for DOS, and
all files are PGP signed. I'm sure you can get in touch with at least
one of the developers personally to verify the signatures. They provide
versions for OpenBSD 3.3 and 3.4 (last time I looked), statically linked,
so they run on almost anything i386.

On the other hand, there's no okay to mirror the files, so making a
port is not an option.

>keep in mind I will have to manually update the software. It will not
>have a connection to the outside world. Thank you for any input you can
>provide.


In this case, the problems with making a port won't apply to you.

Unpacking F-Prot, replacing the virus definition files with the
most current versions, and running from where you extracted it,
just as it was usual for good old DOS programmes, is no problem.

I'd suggest - though you probably know that already - that you
test them on a non-"live" system first.

Another advice: your mail looked like spam at the first look.
Maybe due to the weird indenting and many empty lines.

bye,
//mirabile

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