[NUGA] Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection Issues

I have had some issues as well, although not this particular one. Symantec
released the first patch, 11.1, just last week. I haven't fully tested it
yet but I would recommend going to the Symantec FileConnect site and
downloading it. It certainly couldn't hurt!

SEP seems to be very radically different from earlier versions. You can't
upgrade servers - you need to migrate to a separate instance but the
functionality is also much greater. I believe that because it's very
different it may have more issues to be resolved, but I'm very encouraged by
the fact that in actual side by side testing we found it used 1/5th as much
RAM as SAV Corporate Edition 10.1.6.

Thanks for the post Ron! I was wondering if anyone else was also playing
around with SEP.

Jerry

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-----Original Message-----
From: nuga-bounce@lib.uaa.alaska.edu [mailto:nuga-bounce@lib.uaa.alaska.edu]
On Behalf Of Ron Yeager
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:28 AM
To: nuga@lib.uaa.alaska.edu
Subject: [NUGA] Symantec Endpoint Protection Issues
Just a note to send out a word of caution on Symantec Endpoint Protection
(SEP). Symantec has replaced Norton Anitivirus Corporate Edition with SEP
and has huge issues with it. In summary, servers stop accepting connections
from workstations and efforts to uninstall, modify settings, etc. seem to
cause more or worse problems. If you are thinking of SEP, you can read the
horror stories here:
https://forums.symantec.com/syment/board/message?board.id=endpoint_protectio
n11&thread.id=588
The forums for SEP are here:
https://forums.symantec.com/syment/board?board.id=endpoint_protection11
Here is a link to the fix download:
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/854fa02b4f501367882573
1a007d06af/883f12779dbf8bdc8025738000468bba?OpenDocument
>From the reading, the fix is not well documented as having total success,
but the screaming after the fix posting has subsided some. 
My personal experience is similar. I installed SEP to a new Dell PE 2900 w/
Win2K3 SBS OS and 9 clients. After a few days, clients are unable to access
a shared database - Timeslips (Time accounting software many legal offices
use). Then, again, a few days later, it reoccured. I had to reboot and then
have disabled the Intrusion detection and Firewall (Network Threat
Protection) services on the server in the administration module. It is a
wait and see at this point. I have not installed the fix as it is too early
to tell whether my new settings will keep things happy or not. I may in the
near future. I will keep you all updated as anything changes. 
I'd be interested to hear of any experience you have with SEP.
Ron Yeager
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