[ale] Antivirus for Linux Servers

[Nathan J. Underwood]

I'm a big fan of Clam as well.  I've got it deployed on a number of 
machines running Samba and FTP servers, and also have it scanning 
inbound email [via amavisd new].  As mentioned earlier, it's updated 
regularly, very functional, easy to use, and free.
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Nathan J. Underwood
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Jay Finch wrote:
> 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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