I can understand an interest in having an ANTI-VIRUS software package to run in a CMS virtual machine. We host some files for distribution via a webserver. These files come from a variety of sources. We currently hope that our workstation resident anti-virus software catches any bad stuff. We have a philosophy of defense-in-depth, meaning we check everything, everywhere, even when the checking is redundant. Our VM system for file-storage and web serving is the only spot where we do not have that checking.
I would not want something like McAfee or Norton that run all the time looking at all the files, interfering with all work. I would want somethi ng like CLAMAV which will scan what I want, when I want and NO MORE. I don't need to scan the S, Y and MAINT's source code disks every minute, but I d o want to scan that work minidisk I just loaded a file to, before I copy th e files to their final destination. A scan after each virus-signature update of all of the files that we stor e for webserving and VM's natural security preventing anonymous updates wil l satisfy auditors who really know their job. /Tom Kern On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:33:09 -0500, Mark Pace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I simply can not imagine why you would need such a thing. If you receiv ed a >virus in an email, assuming you receive email via VM, then the virus wou ld >not run. I've never heard of a virus written to execute on any zSeries O S, >with the possible exception of Linux. > >
