Re: Anti-Virus and IIS5.0

From: x y (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 07/02/02 

From: "x y" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 13:56:11 -0400

You have a good point that an on-access virus scanner might not always be
such a good idea for performance on a large server farm. However, I think
it is not such a bad idea for sites of 5 users like the one described in
this post. If you wanted to, on a server farm you could use the on-demand
virus scanner to scan the hard drive from time to time.

Antivirus software like any other tool is only as good as the person using
it, so if the administrator lets it give them a false sense of security, the
real problem IMHO is the administrator's lack of knowledge about good
security, which isn't fixed by not installing antivirus.

"Egbert Nierop (MVP for IIS)" <egbert_nierop@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:#WOIMicICHA.2260@tkmsftngp10...
> This one of the most bad token decisions, to install a virus checker for
a
> webserver. It makes people think they're safe, while it is not and virus
> checkers also cause the IIS server to suck.
> A firewall with port 80 and 443 open only is a good measurement. Second
> patch your server when they are available.
>
> Much luck.
>
> --
>
>
> "sachin" <sachin@utilitybilling.com> wrote in message
> news:1442e01c2210f$626d6e00$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10...
> > We have a webserver that runs Windows 2000 Server SP2 and
> > IIS5.0. This webserver is online 24/7 via an ADSL router.
> >
> > The current setup is:
> >
> > ADSL >> Router >> Firewall >> WebServer
> >
> > There are no other machines attached to the webserver, it
> > runs purely in Workgroup mode.
> >
> > The webserver has hosted on it in-house built .asp pages
> > and a backend database. About 5 users will use the
> > webserver daily from a remote location through the
> > Internet.
> >
> > We have IP blocking set up on the firewall as well as on
> > IIS 5.0, and we are fairly confident on security.
> > However, we are concerned over viruses and infections.
> >
> > Currently on our company's corporate network we are
> > running Norton 2001 on client machines connecting to the
> > domain controller. On the company's Server we are running
> > InnoculateIT by ArcServe.
> >
> > What is a good anti-virus solution for a webserver running
> > IIS 5.0?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Sachin
>
>

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