[FX.php List] [OFF] Antivirus software on a Windows web server?

Leo R. Lundgren leo at finalresort.org
Tue May 31 16:17:33 MDT 2016


I meant threat model :)

Regards, Leo


1 jun 2016 kl. 00:16 skrev Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:

> It totally depends on your thread model.
> 
> Regards, Leo
> 
> 
> 1 jun 2016 kl. 00:09 skrev Tim 'Webko' Booth <tim.webko at gmail.com>:
> 
>> From my reading over the years - AV software is not a bad idea, so long as you can _exclude_ the FileMaker Server directories - there have been issues with the AV scans causing FMS to think the file has been tampered with...
>> 
>> 
>> On 1 June 2016 at 05:20, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org> wrote:
>> Check out Microsoft EMET.
>> 
>> Also check out Tavis Ormandy's work on showing the insecurities of having AV software. Depending on your attack surface and threat model it's not always the right thing to install in the first place.
>> 
>> Regards, Leo
>> 
>> 
>> 31 maj 2016 kl. 20:49 skrev Joel Shapiro <info at jsfmp.com>:
>> 
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > I’ve got a client that’s just created a brand new Windows Server 2012 VM to act exclusively as a ‘vanilla' web server (no FileMaker components installed).
>> >
>> > They’ve asked me if they should install antivirus software on it.  Googling returns a mixed response.  What do y’all think?
>> >
>> > Thanks very much,
>> > -Joel
>> >
>> >
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