Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Dec 13 14:08:34 CST 2012
Yes, of course. There are, without a setup router over 65K opens ports on any computer connected to the internet. All servers have at least a couple hundred ports open by default each potentially attached to various applications. Here is just a few of the ports used by major applications: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers For example; that is why most servers have their FTP program turned off, have changed the port setting or moved the FTP process to a stand-alone server or virtual drive. Additionally, if any network station get compromised it is then relatively easy to gain control of the servers and then everything is compromised. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:19 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; List Subject: [AccessD] AV on a server Question arose at customer site that I hadn't thought about before. Any reason to put AV on the server? Most virii are coming from email or web sites and if you're not doing email or browsing on the server, should you AV anyway? TIA Rocky -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com