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Re: Antivirus for CLI



On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 09:02 +0200, Alberto Fuentes wrote:
>> On 06/19/2012 08:50 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
>> > a newbie question.
>> > i am using Debian for providing server level services (non desktop)
>> > and i am using only CLI for managing the services further more i am
>> > using SAMBA, SQUID, Virtualization KVM  and Planning for MTA. do you
>> > guys think i need an Antivirus for server side virus protection?
>> >
>> > We are using Nod32 and i found out that they have a software for GUI
>> > only. i couldn't find CLI base client.
>> >
>> > any help would be appropriated.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > MYK
>> >
>> >
>>
>> well, for the servers dont really need antivirus protection (how many
>> programs from unknow sources are you using?). You can run clamav for
>> mail attachments and samba shares to protect your users.
>>
>> You can run some nids/ids or honeypot to mitigate attacks on the server
>>
>> greets
>> aL
>
> I'm not running antivirus software anymore, but experienced
> http://www.avira.com/en/index as the better choice. There still should
> be a free (as in free beer) Linux version available, but I couldn't find
> the link.

Thanks , i'll check on this

>
> - Ralf
>
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