2009/8/23 Vivek Kapoor <subs...@exain.com>: > On Sun 23 Aug 2009 01:01:40 AM IST , Amit Sharma > <amitsharm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Vivek Kapoor wrote: >>> What's the purpose of Antivirus and "Antispyware" on your >>> RHEL/Fedora/CentOS box? To protect your Linux box? >>> >> My company is on 99.9% Wind--s. They have one or 2 Linux box and wants >> me to put Antivirus and Antispyware on it. They know Linux does not need >> them but still want these softwares to be there. > > There are a few basic points you need to follow if you need to make your > Linux box secure. The AV wouldn't help much as it'll be scanning for W32 > viruses only afaik. The below would make much more sense if the machine [SNIP]
Also for "their" piece of mind install ClamAV. You may look around for commercial firewall solutions (dressed up iptables). -- Regards, Sudev Barar Read http://blog.sudev.in for topics ranging from here to there. PS: Replying using bottom post/in-line post makes email conversations whole lot easier for meaningful dialogue. Snip out what is not relevant. Adopt this and spread the message. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
