[ale] Antivirus for Linux Servers

[Jay Finch]

Personally what I use is "Clam Anti-Virus" -- The database is updated 
nightly (sometimes twice) and it's easy to set up and configure.  (Plus 
they're open-source and free...)

Check them out at: http://www.clamav.net/

Cheers!
Jay

Cordell, Ron wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'd like to get some practical advice about putting antivirus on linux
>servers. In my specific instance, I've got about 40 servers behind a
>firewall that run different applications, such as Jboss, IMAP, LDAP,
>etc. Each of the servers behind this firewall run specialized
>applications. Users interact with these applications via a web server
>farm in a DMZ or via a telephone voice interface. We are running
>iptables on all the servers and only open ports we need, plus we have
>ACLs around the routers that bridge the firewall between the DMZ and the
>applications. All of the application servers run under their own
>non-privileged user account (not root) with the exception of the IMAP
>and SMTP server(s).
>
>So - the reason that I ask this is that we have been resisting putting
>on A/V products on the Linux servers that are not in the DMZ and behind
>the firewall and are not running Samba or anything like that, which is
>almost all of the machines. However, there is some pressure to install
>A/V on all machines. I'd like to get information from other people's
>experiences and advice to help in making a more informed decision.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ron Cordell
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