[Info-vax] Anti-virus ?

[plugh]

On Friday, August 11, 2023 at 4:59:56 PM UTC-7, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Let us make a tiny poll: 
> 
> Please reply to: 
> 
> 1) Do you run Linux desktop? 
Kind of. I now have Debian running in a virtual machine in a macos host. I've been using desktop Linux since 98. I switched full-time by 2003. 
> 2) If yes - do you run AV software on it? 
Using the definition at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware
I'm saying no, other than what's built into the OS via stuff like AppArmor or nft. We can have pleasant discussions about whether or not a netfilter rule constitutes "AV sofware"
> 3) Do you run Linux server? 
Yes, several
> 4) If yes - do you run AV software on it?
Yes. I use ossec as a "layered product" in addition to what's built into the OS. I also employ a WordPress plugin, "WordFence" for such tasks. One of these servers is a mailserver; which has specialized tools for malware detection; one of which I've disabled as it doesn't like a memory-constrained environment.
These are all Debian 12 servers.
I certainly wish it was VMS, such is the way of the world.

Make of this what you will,
jec