ESET MAIL SECURITY, Installation Manual

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ESET Mail Security
Dear user, you have acquired ESET Mail Security - the premier security system running under
the Linux/BSD/Solaris OS. As you will soon find, the state-of-the-art ESET scanning engine has
unsurpassed scanning speed and detection rates, combined with a very small footprint that
makes it the ideal choice for any Linux/BSD/Solaris OS server.
Key features of the system:
• The ESET anti-virus scanning engine algorithms provide the highest detection rate and the
fastest scanning times.
• ESET Mail Security is developed to run on single-processor as well as on multi-processor units.
• It includes unique advanced heuristics for Win32 worms and back-doors.
• Built-in archivers unpack archived objects without the need for any external programs.
• To increase the speed and efficiency of the system, its architecture is based on the running
daemon (resident program) where all scanning requests are sent.
• All executive daemons (except esets_dac) run under a non-privileged user account to
enhance security.
• The system supports selective configuration specific based on the user or client/server.
• Six logging levels can be configured to retrieve information about system activity and
infiltrations.
• The ESET Mail Security installation does not require external libraries or programs except for
LIBC.
• The system can be configured to notify any person in the event of a detected infiltration.
• Configuration, administration and license management are offered through an intuitive and
user friendly Web Interface.
• The system supports ESET Remote Administration for management in large computer
networks.
• The system contains an anti-spam control mechanism.
• Information about infiltration can be written into an email header, footer and subject.
To run efficiently, ESET Mail Security requires just 16MB of hard-disk space and 32MB of RAM.
It runs smoothly under the 2.2.x, 2.4.x and 2.6.x Linux OS kernel versions as well as the 5.x, 6.x
FreeBSD OS kernel versions.
From lower-powered, small office servers to enterprise-class ISP servers with thousands of
users, ESET Mail Security delivers the performance and scalability you expect from a UNIX based
solution, in addition to the unequaled security of ESET products.