Re: Antivirus info
From: almoendale (no_spam_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/27/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:01:01 -0500
Thanks for the post Mike. I'll be sure there is no NDA involved prior to
posting any response I receive. It is pretty clear to me I am dealing with
OSI-8 (the Legal Network Layer of the OSI Model); this was all touched off
by a user who claimed to have "gotten a virus from a Sharepoint file" but it
turned out got it from a "Network Share." So you see how slow technology can
be to catch up to "rank and file" workers, or vice-versa. In these
"trustworthy computing initiative" days, there should be no ambiguity when
it comes to vulnerabilities, IMHO.
"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uRf2BvvGFHA.1392@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> All I know is that MS built in an interface (API?) for the use of AV virus
> companies.
>
> The way the WSS/SPS virus software I have seen works is that it inspects
> files that are being uploaded to a WSS system and rejects them (in fact in
> the beta I used it rejected the entire upload batch of files) if it
> doesn't like them.
>
> So the files never make it as far as the database.
>
> Using your ideas the files would be added to the database and then
> checked. I'm not sure if mapping drive letters is enough as a way of doing
> this but anyway the main point is that the specialist checks get done
> before upload; your proposed checks after upload.
>
> Anyway we wait for your official response - make sure you have rights to
> post it though, I was once savaged for posting a TAM e-mail to me.
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>
> "AMondaleNoSpam" <Alex.Mondale@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:%23wwBnsuGFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Mark/Mike.
>> I have asked our MS TAM to see if she can do anything to clarify the
>> rather legalese wording, which is very ambiguous about the need for
>> WSS-specific programs.
>>
>> My assumptions being: 1) You can map drive letters to sharepoint webs /
>> folders; 2) You can scan said shared drives with "normal" virus scanning
>> software; 3) Why is MS unable to harness local server side AV programs to
>> do "stream" scanning during uploads (at minimum) if 1) and 2) are true?
>>
>> --Alex
>>
>>
>> "Mark Pfeifer" <mpfeifer@online.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:uW5q0YoGFHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> As Mike stated you need a specific version of the anti-virus software to
>>> protect SPS. The normal file server versions do not protect the HTTP
>>> traffic that is stored in the database.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> "AMondaleNoSpam" <Alex.Mondale@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>>> news:ORK9mwfGFHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>I got access denied trying to pull up the FAQ on the WSSFAQ site, so
>>>>I'll try posting it here:
>>>>
>>>> Am I protected by "local" AV software such as McAfee VirusShield 8.0
>>>> that I have installed on my WSS Server, in terms of files that are up-
>>>> and downloaded? I have turned on the Virus Protection checkboxes in WSS
>>>> Central Admin, but that is the usual mumbo-jumbo in terms of clear
>>>> direction from Microsoft. A link to the "partner" sites is from the
>>>> online help is likewise suspect that the files in the WSS site itself
>>>> are protected in any way.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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