Re: Anti-Virus on web facing servers??

["Brian C. Lane" <bcl () brianlane com>]

On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 09:32:50AM -0500, Dan Tesch wrote:
> Hello, I just started with a company that has three
> web facing W2K servers running IIS & SQL.
>
> My question; they are patched and behind a firewall
> but have no Anti-Virus running - can I get some feedback
> on whether these boxes should be running AV??
>
> They are on a network at a COLO just by themselves
> ie: no desktops but get FTP uploads regularly for
> content.

Adding AV can't hurt. Something with automatic updates and immediate
notification would be good.

Also, they are a good candidate for an IDS system. Add a Linux box running
Snort and ACID to the LAN segment (on the same hub or on the monitor port of
the switch) to watch over them. 

Brian

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