Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
Dennis G. Wicks wrote:Georgi Naplatanov wrote the following on 02/13/2008 10:44 AM:Ipcop is a good choice too, but i can not understand why you need antivirus on firewall/router machine. http://ipcop.org/ Regards GeorgiI need anti-virus because I have five (today) Windows systems behind the firewall and it is much easier, quicker, cheaper, reliable, safer, etc. to check for viruses at the point of entry than maintain and update separate anti-virus solutions on each system.Is combination (proxy and anti-virus) reliable enough for other programs except web browsers and ftp clients ?I mean programs such as instant messengers for example.
Not to mention, floppy/CD/DVD/USB as possible entry points. If the windows machines really need to be virus free, they should have AV on them. Perimeter security is the first line of defense, but there are other ways in.