[ale] Linux antivirus scanners

[Alex Carver]

Well, this was to be used on the home network so I don't need the extreme.

The Windows desktops don't run their own AV because every AV I've tried 
always has some bloated resident component that drags down the system. 
None of the boxes have the horsepower for a VM so that's out.  Central 
file server isn't here yet, I'm working on it slowly as funds permit 
(this requires a new machine plus disks).  Until then it's just mount 
and scan remotely.  The central scanning machine isn't a file server 
right now, it's just a (old) tinker box.


On 5/21/2013 08:22, Jim Kinney wrote:
> +1
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> Better process is to have a scanner on each desktop but ALL files are
> stored on central server. That makes each desktop a readily replaceable
> thing and centralizes the AV scan on the bulk of the files. Part 2 is run
> that fileserver as a samba server and use squid proxy and ClamAV to scan
> all data entering via WAN as well as email. That narrows your entrance
> vector to USB and optical disk infection. So unplug data cable on optical
> drives and disable all USB ports except for keyboard and mouse and bolt a
> shield around those plugs so they can't readily be removed.
>
> Best route is to use Linux boxes at the desktop running a KVM instance of
> Win7 with only keyboard and mouse on USB. If ANYTHING happens, toss the
> image and restore from backup and restart. will take about 5 minutes.
>
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> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
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>> On 5/21/13 10:47 AM, Alex Carver wrote:
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>>> a central machine that mounts and scans the file systems of other
>>> machines with a mix of OSes (Windows being one).
>>>
>> That's going to mean reading out their entire filesystem over the network,
>> right?  Do you really want to do that?
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