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From: emx.utexas.edu!ut-emx!chrisj@cs.utexas.edu (Chris Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Network Virus Protection (Mac)
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Date: 8 Dec 89 22:53:47 GMT
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C0195@UNIVSCVM.BITNET (Gregory E. Gilbert) writes:
>Is there any freeware that will provide virus protection when using a
>network such as AppleShare or TOPS?  I know SAM will work fine.  Will
>Gatekeeper or Vaccine provide adequate protection?  Will Disinfectant
>provide adequate diagnosing capabilities?

Gatekeeper will work fine - just install it on all your machines.
'Makes no difference what sort of file server (if any) that you use.
If Gatekeeper sees an attack taking place, it stops it - no matter
what sort of volume the attacker is stored on.  This is equally true
of SAM and Vaccine, but I wouldn't recommend Vaccine.

Vaccine requires (1) that your machine is only used by highly skilled
users/ programmers, i.e. people who always know how to respond to the
Granted/Denied queries and (2) that the viruses be very simple -
Vaccine's protections are minimal compared to Gatekeeper (and I'm
currently working on further extending Gatekeeper's protections.)

I hope this helps,
- ----Chris (Johnson)
- ----Author of Gatekeeper
- ----chrisj@emx.utexas.edu