While I tend to agree with the camp that advocates NOT installing virus protection on a web server due to performance and compatibility issues, my reading of the CISP standard indicates that IF you are handlinge CC transactions you are going to need virus software on the server. In our case we DO run Virus software on the server but we do NOT do resident scanning - only scheduled scanning on a weekly basis (late in the middle of the night on a weekend). See this page from some resources on that subject.
http://usa.visa.com/business/accepting_visa/ops_risk_management/cisp.html -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:00 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Symantec AntiVirus for Dedicated Web Server... Ken Ferguson wrote: > You "hope" that they can't be executed on the web server. That's an > awfully arrogant statement to make. It is computer configuration 101: write or execute. Directories that can be written, and the files in them, can never have execute privileges. > If your machine, be it a server or a > workstation or whatever, is addressable on the internet, then you need > to have AV protection installed on it. If you don't, you are just being > irresponsible. Apparently I am irresponsible :) > At worst, you spend a littel bit of case At worst, your database will crash due to errors caused by the virusscanner locking files, files will be wiped out due to a virus scanner incorrectly identifying files as virusses or you might even loose complete mailboxes. I am not going to prove that now, I think I have proven that sufficiently in the past: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=m:5:9487:86997 Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215980 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
