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Re: R: Should webservers, eg. IIS 6 have anti--virus installed on them?

From: Harlan Carvey (keydet89yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 20 2005 - 12:18:04 CDT

Sebastian,

> I would consider installing AV software on any
> server of a network. I do this way. The CPU usage of
> the software does not kill the CPUs, so I don't see
> a reason why NOT using an AV software.

That's fine. I simply do not hold the opinion that
"it's not cost prohibitive in terms of CPU or dollars"
is a valid business reason for installing A/V software
on a web server.

Harlan

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Harlan Carvey, CISSP
"Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery"
http://www.windows-ir.com
http://windowsir.blogspot.com
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