Two AV is good One for servers, one at desk This haiku not good. Having two will increase your chances of detection -- I like having one at the server side and different product at the desktop. Anything that slips past the server product will hopefully be caught by the desktop one.
I wouldn't install two AV products on a single Exchange server, though. You might look into running multiple engines with Antigen or something as others have suggested. Security is a process, not a product. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 7:37 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: a 2nd antivirus > > > > This is part of a bigger question, and I'm not sure if I > agree with the means behind it but I'll ask anyway. > > Recently my IT manager and some of the other guys on the team > have taken a deeper interest in AV, almost to the point of > hiring a guy that does AV and only AV. They are also talking > about having a 2nd AV in the building, say both Symantec(we > currently use) and Mcafee or whatever. They seem to think > between having 2 products would greater increase the ability > to detect virus threats, whereas I feel that by the time one > of these systems detects it it most likely has already > infiltrated and done the damage. > > They then asked me about running 2 AV's on the Exchange > server. With all the blocking I do I would think a 2nd > product would not help much, not to mention the overhead and > incompatibility issues a 2nd AV would cause on the Exchange > server. I recommended they look at a IDS system or something > for the firewall. > > Thoughts? > > > e- > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
