Q: How secure is AppleShare from viruses? Users recognize the threat to
folders where others have write access and the ability to affect others
using applications contained in those folders, but what about the Server
Folder itself? Is the running of VACCINE on an AppleShare server
indicated? Is there something better? Is it possible to issue low-level
I/O calls (PBWrite and lower?) to server volumes (bypassing any AppleShare
built-in security) from other Macintosh systems on the network?
A: The AppleShare server folder itself is quite secure when the
server is running. Is it not accessible by any system call, whether
high-level or low-level. A virus would only be able to attack folders
and files that it has access to. It is not necessary or recommended to
install Vaccine in the Server folder on the AppleShare server. If the
server is running at the Finder level, it is just as susceptible to
viruses as any system.