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  Vaccinate Your NT File Services With Antivirus Server Software By Jay Milne Lke the insurance industry, the market for antivirus software is driven primarily by fear, uncertainty and doubt. You may never need an antivirus program, but when you do, you're glad it's there. Although there are no known viruses that will attack and corrupt a Microsoft Windows NT server, NT is a medium to store viruses that can later attack client workstations. An antivirus product that scans incoming and outgoing files limits the spread of virus-infected files on your network.
The similarities end there, however; these products show clear differences in terms of management, alert functions and follow-through. Cheyenne InocuLAN 4 for Windows NT
In addition, InocuLAN is the only one to provide cross-platform (NT and Novell NetWare) management from a single console. InocuLAN also is the only product to support the Intel platform as well as Alpha, MIPS and PowerPC, enabling it to be deployed on any NT server. We found InocuLAN easy to use, and we thought the remote server installation feature, which lets a network administrator install InocuLAN on any server once the proper NT security has been granted, was very useful. Two of InocuLAN's strongest attributes are its management features and its support of virus signatures. In fact, this software offers the best multiple-server management of the products we tested. Like Trend Micro's ServerProtect and McAfee's NetShield, InocuLAN offers remote management. And also like Serve rProtect, InocuLAN lets you create logical groups of servers for easier organization of resources and better multiserver management. The InocuLAN console can manage and distribute signature files with InocuLAN for NetWare servers--a welcome feature for multi-NOS environments. To assist with the management of virus signature files, InocuLAN includes a AutoDownload Manager, which connects to Cheyenne's FTP or bulletin-board system (BBS) server on a scheduled basis. Unfortunately, the service does not support proxy gateways. This limitation can be circumvented by configuring the proxy server to "see" the Cheyenne Web site as a trusted host. The management screen displays a wealth of information and does a good job of visually indicating that the InocuLAN service is running. It also automatically detects domains and servers (a task ServerProtect and NetShield cannot perform). |
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Of the products we tested, Cheyenne's InocuLAN 4 for Windows NT provides the most robust management, offering features such as Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), pag
ing and support for Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange.
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by Joel Conover Updated March 25, 1997 |
