Installation manual

ESET Gateway Security

Dear user, you have acquired ESET Gateway Security - the premier security system running

under the Linux/BSD/Solaris OS. As you will soon nd out, ESET's state-of-the-art 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 antivirus scanning engine algorithms provide the highest detection rate and the

fastest scanning times.

• The ESET Gateway 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 eciency 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 non-privileged user account to

enhance security.

• The system supports selective conguration based on the user or client/server.

• Multiple logging levels can be congured to get information about system activity and

inltrations.

• Conguration, administration and license management are o ered through an intuitive and

user-friendly World Wide Web Interface.

• The system supports ESET Remote Administration for management in large computer

networks.

• The ESET Gateway Security installation does not require external libraries or programs

except for LIBC.

• The system can be congured to notify specic users in the event of a detected inltration

or other important events.

To run eciently, ESET Gateway 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 under

5.x, 6.x FreeBSD OS kernel versions.

From lower-powered, small oce servers to enterprise-class ISP servers with thousands of

users, ESET Gateway Security delivers the performance and scalability you expect from a UNIX

based solution, in addition to the unequaled security of ESET products.