Re: AntiVirus for OpenVMS

From: Bob Ceculski (bob_at_instantwhip.com)
Date: 08/19/03 

Date: 19 Aug 2003 11:38:51 -0700

issinoho@slayme.com (issinoho) wrote in message news:<d0141774.0308190639.1d501415@posting.google.com>...
> A client is being forced by its security chappies to (a) implement an
> AV solution on their VMS boxes, or (b) come up with some irrefutable
> reasons why this is not required.
>
> I know Sophos do some sort of AV solution, but I'm note sure of (a)
> its scope of functionality, (b) how expensive it is.
>
> Can anyone point me as to the best advice I should be giving my client
> - my initial thought are that the negligible risk makes the cost of
> any work wholly unjustified.
>
> Thoughts welcomed.

There are no known viruses for VMS! The following came from ...

http://www.sophos.com/support/faqs/savopenvms.html

1.1. Can my OpenVMS system become infected with a virus?
There are currently no known viruses which infect OpenVMS systems.
However, it is often useful for an OpenVMS system to scan files for
viruses which infect other operating systems.

This may be the case when an OpenVMS system is used

As a file server for PCs and Macs (e.g. Pathworks/Advanced Server).
To provide an ALL-IN-1 file cabinet.
For processing email with attachments (e.g. PMDF).
In addition, Sophos Anti-Virus for OpenVMS installed as an InterCheck
Server can provide on-access logging for client PCs.

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... in other words, unless you are storing either thru pathworks
or smtp (PMDF) or some other means non-vms (windoze) files, you
could pre-virus scan them on VMS before they get to the windoze
client, otherwise you are JUST WASTING YOUR MONEY, because as
defcon9 proved you can't hack a properly configured VMS box ...

Point Secure has a product it showed at defcon9, but it is for
intrusion detection and not virus scans ... if they don't
understand this, have them read from the point secure site the
defcon9 article in this ...

Relevant Pages

  • Adobess Flex FABridge example
    ... you could use Tier3 to register the clients desire to receive ... inspiration and timing ow his wonderful Flex VMS Monitor example I went ... client GUI application over the web at the click of a button. ... relationship between Application Server Connections and Messages ...
    (comp.os.vms)
  • O Mia Babbino Caro! (Was: Re: Tier3 today - And Flex-it like NASDAQ (*Only better!*))
    ... Connection-oriented and context-rich client ... Full VMS authentication and Auditing. ... alive is that their mates are still busy porting the gSOAP server to VMS? ...
    (comp.os.vms)
  • Re: ANN: DynDNS update client for VMS
    ... my PC to my VMS system. ... DynDNS' specifications have a number of policies regarding client ... My domestic ADSL2+ seems flakey enough (probably due to the four telephony devices additionally hanging off the local loop) to never reach this ...
    (comp.os.vms)
  • Come see the better Mouse-Trap!
    ... seems secure and kosher and de rigueur for everyone outside of the VMS "chip ... See the following link for a COBOL example of an INETd server listening ... would be to fire-up your existing COBOL functionality from a Web client. ...
    (comp.os.vms)
  • RE: submitting a VMS batch job from Windows
    ... We've begun implementation of Windows based client ... > applications but a lot of our batch processes remain on VMS. ... > specified parameters passed from the Windows client. ...
    (comp.os.vms)