Re: Anti-Virus on web facing servers??

From: Augustine David (augustine.david_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/09/04

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    I manage a network of 100+ Win servers, all servers have AV running. I
    see this as a standard part of my configuriation. Not an option.

    On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 09:32:50 -0500, Dan Tesch <dan.tesch@comcast.net> wrote:
    > Hello, I just started with a company that has three
    > web facing W2K servers running IIS & SQL.
    >
    > My question; they are patched and behind a firewall
    > but have no Anti-Virus running - can I get some feedback
    > on whether these boxes should be running AV??
    >
    > They are on a network at a COLO just by themselves
    > ie: no desktops but get FTP uploads regularly for
    > content.
    >
    > Thanks
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