holes, if your CF server allows any uploads of files or anything, I'd
definitely say AV Software is a GOOD THING.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Chabot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:02 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Anti-Virus Software on a Server
I am wondering people's thoughts on the idea of having anti-virus
software running on a ColdFusion server?
My opinion is that this is not a good idea. Other experienced server
admins have told me that Norton AV slows down the performance of a Web
server to an unacceptable degree. In my estimation, AV software does not
do a great job of protecting Web servers, since Web servers are not
running E-mail clients and that is how most viruses seem to be spread
these days. I do not believe AV software will protect against worms
attacking newly discovered security holes in Windows, IIS, or SQL
Server.
My recommendation is that, instead of real-time virus protection,
servers be periodically scanned during off-peak hours, possibly using a
different machine on the same network. Does anyone disagree with this?
Virus software has been running on many of the servers in my area for
years, and the logs indicate that no servers have ever been infected,
even though many viruses have spread through our desktop machines.
-Mike Chabot
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