RE: iSeries-based virus programs

["Phil" <sublime78ska@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I only access the IFS through Ops Nav, does that prevent any virus that
may be on my PC from infecting the IFS?

Phil



> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of
> jkrueger@andrewscg.com
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 3:26 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: iSeries-based virus programs
>
>
> With the latest round of PC viruses being spread around the
> world, the IFS on
> some AS/400 and iSeries boxes is once again acting as a virus
> carrier...  Have
> any of the virus-scanning or security companies come out with
> AS/400-based virus
> scanners that can be installed in a way that would prevent
> virus-infected files
> from being stored in the IFS?  Or is the only option to somehow
> force all the
> attached PCs to have active virus scanners in place, and then do
> a periodic
> batch scan of the IFS from an attached PC?
>
> (My suggestion is to have a security officer periodically do spot
> checks on
> attached PCs, and then bonk any offenders who turned off virus
> scanning with a
> baseball bat, but some companies seem to think that suggestion is
> a bit too
> violent for their enterprises...)
>
> Janet Krueger
> Andrews Consulting Group
>
>
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