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- NetShield Release Notes
- =======================
- NetShield Version 2.1.1 for Novell NetWare
- April 19, 1995
-
- This document contains information not available
- in the NetShield documentation. Please read it
- completely before installing NetShield.
-
- Contents
- ========
-
- Upgrading from Previous Releases
- Files
- Additional Information
- New Features in NetShield
- Changes in This Release
- Bugs Fixed in This Release
- Issues in This Release
- Known Bugs In This Release
-
-
- Upgrading from Previous Releases
- ================================
-
- If you are upgrading to Release 2.1.1 from a previous
- version of NetShield, please follow these recommendations.
-
- 1. Backup your existing NetShield installation. For example:
-
- copy <existing directory>\netshld.nlm <backup directory name>
- copy <existing directory>\*.dat <backup directory name>
-
- 2. Validate the program and data files. See VALIDATE.TXT and
- PACKING.LST for details.
-
- 3. Copy the new files into the SYS:\SYSTEM directory of your
- file server.
-
- 4. If you choose to copy NetShield to a directory other than
- SYS:\SYSTEM, you MUST add this new directory to the server's
- search path. For example, if you create a new directory called
- SYS:\SYSTEM\NETSHLD, copy your files there and then type:
-
- search add sys:\system\netshld
-
-
- Files
- =====
-
-
- The following files are included in the NetShield electronic
- distribution:
-
- File Description
- ---- -----------
- LICENSE.TXT Corporate user registration information
- NETSH21.DOC Documentation in Word 6.0 format
- NETSH21.TXT Text documentation for NetShield
- NETSHLD.NLM The NetShield NetWare Loadable Module
- README.1ST This file
- REGISTER.TXT Home user registration information
- NAMES.DAT Virus description files used by
- SCAN.DAT NetShield to detect viruses
- PACKING.LST Validation codes (see validate.txt)
- VALIDATE.EXE Validation program
- VALIDATE.TXT Documentation for the Validate program
-
-
- Additional Information
- ======================
-
- Under CONFIGURATION FILE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS, choosing:
-
- WRITE CONFIGURATION REPORT TO FILE
- or PRINT CURRENT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
-
- will write/print NetShields configuration information from the
- NetShield settings file, VIR$CFG.DAT.
-
- To obtain an accurate configuration report, first choose:
-
- SAVE CONFIGURATION SETTINGS TO FILE followed by
- WRITE CONFIGURATION REPORT TO FILE
- or PRINT CURRENT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
-
- New Features in NetShield
- =========================
-
- PAGER NOTIFICATION
- ------------------
-
- NetShield will now notify a user or set of users whenever a
- virus is detected via a numeric phone pager. This allows
- the system administrator to be confident that (s)he will
- know immediately if a virus is found.
-
- This feature requires a Hayes(r) compatible modem connected
- to each server running NetShield.
-
- MHS NOTIFICATION
- ----------------
-
- NetShield will now notify a user or set of users whenever
- a virus is detected via MHS mail. This allows
- the system administrator to be confident that (s)he will
- know immediately if a virus is found.
-
- This feature requires a Novel Basic or Global MHS server
- on the network.
-
-
- Changes in This Release
- =======================
-
- When using NetLock Security, renames within any directory
- monitored by NetLock will be denied.
-
- Bugs Fixed in This Release
- ==========================
-
- Using On Access scanning with several applications,
- notably the Microsoft Office suite, would cause file
- saves to fail. This problem has been fixed.
-
- User Broadcast Messages were not sent if a virus was found
- during an On Access scan. This has been fixed.
-
- If periodic scan settings were changed while active,
- NetShield would allow incomplete settings to be entered.
- This has been fixed.
-
- When the detected action is set to Move, if the destination
- directory does not exist, the Move to option was de-selected.
- This has been fixed. The new directory is now created.
-
- The CPU utilization number in the "F-10" statistics screen
- displayed incorrect numbers. This has been fixed.
-
-
- Issues in This Release
- ======================
-
- Required NetWare Patches
- ------------------------
-
- NetShield requires the following Netware Patch files for
- Netware 3.11 and 3.12 (these files are NOT required for
- NetWare 4.x):
- -----------
- A3112.NLM - NetWare 3.x NUT Compatibility Support v4.01a
- AFTER311.NLM - NetWare 3.x locale Compatibility Support v4.01a
- CLIB.NLM - NetWare C NLM Runtime Library v3.12h
- NWSNUT.NLM - NetWare NLM Utility User Interface v4.11
- MATHLIB.NLM - NetWare C NLM Runtime Math Library (387 support) v3.12h
- -- or --
- MATHLIBC.NLM - NetWare C NLM Runtime Math Library (fp calls) v3.12h
-
-
- NetShield requires the following Netware Patch files for Netware 4.01:
- -----------
- CLIB.NLM - NetWare C NLM Runtime Library 4.10
- MATHLIB.NLM - NetWare C NLM Runtime Math Library (387 support) v4.10
- -- or --
- MATHLIBC.NLM - NetWare C NLM Runtime Math Library (fp calls) v4.10
-
-
- CONFIGURING GLOBAL MHS
- ----------------------
-
- In order for NetShield 2.1 to operate with Global MHS,
- add the following entry to the NGM.CFG file for the MHS
- server:
-
- [MGMSMF]
- sender-validation-enabled=FALSE
-
- COEXISTING WITH SITEMETER
- -------------------------
-
- If you wish to run SiteMeter in conjunction with NetShield,
- be sure to load SiteMeter before NetShield. SiteMeter requires
- MATHLIBC.NLM. NetShield expects MATHLIB.NLM, but will load
- and run properly with MATHLIBC.NLM. If MATHLIBC.NLM is already
- loaded when you load NetShield, you will see the following
- message from NetWare:
-
- Public variables exported by this auto loaded NLM already defined.
- Module MATHLIB.NLM NOT loaded.
-
- NetShield will be unaffected.
-
- Known Bugs in This Release
- ==========================
-
- Loading NetShield from a directory other than SYS:\SYSTEM
- without adding the directory to the path will abend the
- server. Example:
-
- search add SYS:\SYSTEM\NETSHLD
-
- NetShield will not load if the files NAMES.DAT and/or SCAN.DAT
- are read only. If necessary, use the DOS command ATTRIB to
- remedy the problem. Example:
-
- attrib -r names.dat
- attrib -r scan.dat
-