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Best practices regarding anti-virus software on production webserver bostonguy 09-12-2007
Posted by bostonguy on September 12, 2007, 12:46 pm
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Any best practices regarding running AV software on production
webservers that host an online software application to a number of
customers (ie software as a service SaaS)? The web farm is hosted
externally. Any advice/thoughts/opinions?


Posted by Anthony on September 13, 2007, 4:01 am
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Well, McAfee AV works fine in this situation. You really need to refer to
your application vendor (or developers) to get guidelines for using AV with
their product.
Anthony
http://www.airdesk.co.uk




> Any best practices regarding running AV software on production
> webservers that host an online software application to a number of
> customers (ie software as a service SaaS)? The web farm is hosted
> externally. Any advice/thoughts/opinions?
>



Posted by Steve Riley [MSFT] on September 13, 2007, 7:08 am
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I've never been a big fan of AV on web servers, unless users can upload
files there.

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> Any best practices regarding running AV software on production
> webservers that host an online software application to a number of
> customers (ie software as a service SaaS)? The web farm is hosted
> externally. Any advice/thoughts/opinions?
>

Posted by Leythos on September 13, 2007, 12:22 pm
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steve.riley@microsoft.com says...
> I've never been a big fan of AV on web servers, unless users can upload
> files there.

Symantec Corporate Edition for Workstations and Servers 10.x, works
fine, and has protected them from more crap that were on poorly
protected servers that were abused via exploits.

If it's windows it need AV protection if it's got any exposure to
external access by any means.

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Leythos
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Posted by Mathieu CHATEAU on September 13, 2007, 12:40 pm
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Hello,

i wouldn't go so straight...
Web servers can be protected by isa reverse proxy, so there won't be any
direct tcp connection.
They may be more protected through:
-renamed admin account with strong password
-netbios disabled if possible
-no direct connection to outside
-pass the MBSA test at least
-Remove default website
-hisec gpo template
-disable unused service (remote registry...)
-never surf from these servers


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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
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> steve.riley@microsoft.com says...
>> I've never been a big fan of AV on web servers, unless users can upload
>> files there.
>
> Symantec Corporate Edition for Workstations and Servers 10.x, works
> fine, and has protected them from more crap that were on poorly
> protected servers that were abused via exploits.
>
> If it's windows it need AV protection if it's got any exposure to
> external access by any means.
>
> --
>
> Leythos
> - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
> spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)


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