This is a collection of technical white papers written on the subjects of viruses, antivirus, UNIX, computer security and how they can relate to CyberSoft products.
Analysis of the VSTK/P Product Line In Fulfilling US Federal Requirement DCID 6/3
This document is a technical analysis of CyberSoft VSTK and VSTKP tools for use with the U.S. Federal DCID 6/3 Directive, which establishes security policy and procedures for storing, processing and communicating classified intelligence information in computers.
How To Be A Hero To Your Employer And Customers While Increasing Computer Security
One of the biggest problems in computer security is that standardized requirements, customer actual needs, and their very important perceived needs normally are very complex and there may not be any single product that fulfills all of these. Normally, it may take half a dozen different products from the same number of vendors to resolve most of the needs and requirements. These programs are not easy since none of them were ever intended to interact with each other.Download this paper in PDF format (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - download Adobe Acrobat Reader here)
A Subjective Analysis of the Survivability of CyberSoft Operating
Corporation in a Market Targeted by Microsoft
Everyone may not remember but the first widely sold home and small office word processor was called
Word Star. Their position was taken by a product called Word Perfect. Today, other than open-source,
very few people consider any word processor other than Microsoft's Word. This trend has been repeated
many times.
SmartScan
The CyberSoft SmartScan format is a method of encapsulating a group of files, file names, and types, into a single stream. This format is utilized by the CyberSoft products such as UAD and VFind. This release of SmartScan documentation and source code is being made available to the public as a service to the community to promote interoperability. Using the source code provided here, you can develop your own programs to read and write SmartScan format, for example to provide a custom front-end to VFind.
Non-Technical Cost Justification For CyberSoft's VSTK and VSTKP products
One of the hardest tasks for a computer security professional to do is cost justification. It is often not part of the training but it is always part of the job. This paper answers some of these questions for the VFind Security Tool Kit (VSTK) and the VFind Security Tool Kit Professional (VSTKP). By Peter Radatti, April 2002
Optimal Queueing Strategies for E-mail Virus Scanning
Optimal queueing strategies are derived for an e-mail virus scanning system consisting of multiple queues of varying message size limits running in parallel. The general VirScan system is described, a queueing model is defined, and expressions are derived for the overall average time that messages spend waiting in the queues. by Richard J. Perry and Mark G. Thomas, presented at the March 2002 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ (CISS 2002). Download this paper in PDF format (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - download Adobe Acrobat Reader here)
Secrets of the VFind Security Tool Kit Professional Plus
The purpose of this paper is to help our customers more fully utilize the VFind Security Tool Kit Professional Plus. As many of our customers have come to realize, it is more than just a antivirus scanner, but rather an entire security toolkit. By Peter V. Radatti, February 2000.
Use of Avatar on a Honey Pot System
How to set up security for a high visibility web site using Avatar. Includes scripts and examples. By James A. Roach, Jr., May 11. 2001.
Environmental Impact: Microsoft Operating Systems and the Computer Virus Threat
This paper describes how computer viruses and antivirus software are forced to operate under environmental pressure. In this case the changing environment of Microsoft operating systems from MSDOS to Windows 3.1, Win-95, Win-98, Win-NT and Windows 2000. By Joseph Wells September 9, 1999.
Open Letter
CNET's September 21, 2000, review of antivirus products betrayed their readers' trust. Moreover, it did antivirus product users a major disservice. Although this review was presented as being fair and professional, the evidence demonstrates that it was neither. Signed by 20 experts in the field of Antivirus. As a side note, CyberSoft's products were not part of the review. By Joseph Wells, Warlab.
Security Problems Caused By Aggregate Data Of Client/Server Connections On The Internet
This paper reveals some of the little known problems of maintaining privacy on the Internet. By Peter V. Radatti, September 1998
Take on the Barbarians on the other side of the wall
This paper is the first independent product review of the VFind and CIT tools. The paper was written by Roger Harmston and appeared in the SunServer monthly magazine - September 1996 Volume 10 Number 9. Roger is with Strategic UNIX Networks Corporation in Victoria, British Columbia. He can be reached at roger.harmston@strategic.Victoria.BC.CA (work) or rogerh@dynamis.bc.ca (home).
Special Attributes of the VFind Tool Kit
This paper reveals some of the special attributes of the VFind Tool Kit that our customers have used to solve problems other than anti-virus. VFind really is a complete security tool kit and has been used for many purposes.
Why VFind
This paper reveals the design secrets behind the development of the world's first anti-virus program for UNIX, VFind. This is the paper the anti-virus industry didn't want published. It completely removes the mystery of anti-virus technology. If you are considering the purchase of an anti-virus product for UNIX you need to read this paper! Written in an easy to read, first person, narrative by the designer of VFind, Pete Radatti.
National Software Testing Laboratories CyberSoft VFind Report #1, June 1996
NSTL is an independent, well respected, software testing laboratory. They reviewed VFind Version 5 Release 1 in April, 1996. The purpose of the test was to independently verify the functionality of the product and to identify areas where CyberSoft could improve the product. The test accomplished both of these goals, demonstrating that the product fulfilled and exceeded its requirements. The NSTL report concludes, "CyberSoft's utilities are more than anti-virus utilities... CyberSoft's utilities are of a unique and versatile kind in the market".
Use of the Avatar and CIT tools for Centralized Distribution and Control
The VFind Security Tool Kit Professional (VSTKP) is a fully featured security and administration set of tools. It is not just an antivirus scanner. This paper assumes that you are already familiar with the primary function of the Avatar and CIT tools that are part of the VFind Security Tool Kit Professional. For those of you who are not, Avatar is an automated tool that runs without end user operation. By Peter Radatti, December 9, 2003
Extensions to CVDL, the CyberSoft Virus Description Language
This report documents extensions made recently to the original CyberSoft Virus Description Language (CVDL), and also provides a complete summary of the current language. By Dr. Rick Perry, August 11. 2001.
CVDL - CyberSoft Virus Description Language
This is a historical and technical paper on the CyberSoft Virus Description Language (CVDL) and how it performs to detect viruses in source code by providing forward reference proximity scanning. CVDL also enhances virus scanning by searching for keywords using case insensitivity and proximity testing.
