We run McAfee on all our UNIX systems here at Honeywell. Works really
slick. I created a wrapper script that check for updates on a ftp
server and downloads them if necessary. McAfee has clients for more
versions of UNIX that all have worked really well.

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Adam Maloney wrote:

> I've given kudos to McAfee on the list before, I think.
> 
> We run their FreeBSD version on multiple machines, scanning e-mail, and
> love it.
> 
> The licensing in our scenario was extremely cheap, with support/updates.
> 
> As for trust - I trust them because they are a big name in A/V software
> (with a few others that I trust).  I trust that I will get timely DAT
> updates because there are people that take a paycheck to actually do so.
> 
> I trust them enough to run a pre-compiled binary as root, and on my
> network that's a lot of trust.  Akin to giving your parents a spare set of
> keys to your house, despite the fact that mom likes to "drop in"
> unannounced, and there's always a chance that you're shaggin' up with the
> wifey, with Mark Knofler's "What It Is" blaring in the background (why
> yes, it is a short song), and she comes in and is like, "hello?  is anyone
> home?  What's that squeaking sound?  And how did you book Mark Knofler?"
> Then you go downstairs, with half your shirt buttons undone, and the other
> half off-by-two, and have to get rid of her.
> 
> Yeah, it's kind of like that...I imagine...



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