[THIN] Re: Anti-Virus software??
- From: "Chris Lynch" <lynch00@xxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:11:09 -0700
I wasn't aware that there is a TS compatible PGP install. If you are using
the PGP.Com version (previously an NAI product), it will not run in a multi
user environment. The service that runs in the background doesn't support
this.
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Malczewski
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:33 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Anti-Virus software??
>
> Well, I DO need a product that scans more than just traffic
> in/out.. For now, we've been doing without (I know, I know),
> and making it ok with just scanning the e-mail at the server
> level, and scanning the file server where profiles and home
> directories are stored, and keeping the farm all patched and
> to date with hotfixes. However... We are trying to move our
> PGP installs off workstations and onto the farm, which
> presents a problem, because email virus scanners cannot scan
> encrypted email. And since it'll be entering the box on the
> wire encrypted, then being decrypted by the user on the
> server itself and possibly introducing a virus, we need
> something that can scan the server, not just the traffic, in
> order to make certain that the decrypted emails pose no threat.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luchette, Jon [mailto:JLuchette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:03 PM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Anti-Virus software??
>
>
> It's up to you, we set it up to only really dump infection
> reports to a central server, and you won't see it popup
> notifications to the user or to the server's console. You
> can choose to do it as you wish. Trend was developed from
> the get-go as a corporate environment AV program, which is
> why the implementation will always require a master or server
> side installation for things like, deploying the program to
> remote servers, administration of infection reports,
> automatic updating of dats, etc.
> As long as you set it up properly to scan only inbound or
> outbound traffic (which is all you'll need on a TS) than you
> won't see your performance dip on the processors much at all.
> Also, there will not be more than one instance of it running
> per TServer so your last statement you do not have to worry
> about. We use it for both Server and Workstation AV and it
> is awesome. The one small drawback that we had at one time,
> just for the workstations, was that we couldn't install it on
> a workstation not on our network because we couldn't change
> it per install to update the dats over the internet instead
> of via the central server, but we figured out how to do that
> as well, so we literally have no complaints about the product
> at all...
>
> /jL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Malczewski [mailto:jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:43 PM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Anti-Virus software??
>
> Does this product pop up infection notices to the user, or
> only to the console? What is the processor overhead? I know
> Anti-virus software is particularly taxing on systems, and I
> don't want to have 80 instances of a real-time scanner
> running clogging up my servers...
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luchette, Jon [mailto:JLuchette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:32 PM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Anti-Virus software??
>
>
> We use Trend Micro/Server Protect, works like a charm.
>
> /jL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Malczewski [mailto:jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:25 PM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Anti-Virus software??
>
> Hello all.. I'm new to this list.
>
> Just wondering what anyone is using for anti-virus software
> on their servers?? I am using Windows 2000 Terminal
> Services, no Citrix... Any insight would be helpful..
>
>
>
> Thanks!!
> Jeff
>
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