Re: Antivirus for Debian
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Hi,
another reason for av is PCI compliance (yes you are targeting
software for windows mainly).
In a large company I worked for previously a user recieved a mail with
some pics, downloaded and clicked around which ended up with their pc,
and every mount point from their pc having the files encrypted (ransom
fee for decryption). (a windows box that had mount points to windows
and linux servers).
If your running a mailserver you should run av (clamav is the only
linux one i've used although there has been some good press over
sophus linux av recently), you never know who you may forward mail to.
On a linux mailserver you'll want spamassasin and clamd (even if
spamassasin is only marking rather that removing).
If your running ecommerce platforms that collect payment info, there
is a PCI requirement that requires AV (live scanning, this can be
achieved with inotify and clamd combo), but it's overkill and alot of
wasted resource to tick a box.
Kind Regards,
Mike
On 20/08/15 22:16, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 15:11:09 -0500, David Wright wrote:
>
>> Quoting Brian (ad44@cityscape.co.uk):
>>> On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 19:24:49 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400 Dwijesh Gajadur
>>>> <dwijesh1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Dwijesh,
>>>>
>>>>> Hello guys. I wanted to know if antivirus is required for
>>>>> Debian or for linux in general. And if it is required, what
>>>>> are the recommended antivirus for Debian?
>>>>
>>>> The viruses that run on linux (any distro) are few and far
>>>> between.
>>>
>>> To the extent that they don't exist. So the frequency of them
>>> is not an issue.
>>>
>>>> Existing almost entirely as "proof of concept".
>>>>
>>>> As Renaud points out, if you run a mailserver, then you would
>>>> be well advised to run AV software. That software will be
>>>> looking for Windows malware though, not linux.
>>>
>>> I run a mail server on Debian. All mail is handled by it. I do
>>> not run AV software, Where am I going wrong? I refuse to take
>>> your advice to install AV software simply because I have a mail
>>> server. I am not "well advised".
>>
>> I'm getting confused. You posted earlier:
>>
>> --------
>>
>> On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 14:08:44 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400 Dwijesh Gajadur
>>> <dwijesh1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello guys. I wanted to know if antivirus is required for
>>>> Debian or for linux in general. And if it is required, what
>>>> are the recommended antivirus for Debian?
>>>
>>> The only time you may want an anti-virus is when you are
>>> running a mail server, so you can avoid spreading infected
>>> mails.
>>
>> ... to OSs which are susceptible to such viruses. It's a good
>> neighbour policy.
>>
>> --------
>>
>> Could you clarify for me what you mean. Should you or shouldn't
>> you run AV software when running a mail server?
>
> If your users are on Debian I cannot see why you should do.
>
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