[dba-Tech] AV Updates

Thanks for replying Erwin.

Points 1 & 2 - thanks for the ideas. Will think about those.

Point 3 - mmm. I take your point, but my gut instinct is that it'd take a
strong nerve. Doesn't everyone, for example, insist that floppy disks are
virus scanned before going near the network? Isn't that the same principle?
Shouldn't one make every attempt not to let anything infected connect to the
network rather than connecting and then allowing the av software to shout?
I'm not sure of that, I'm just wanting to tap into others' experiences and
asking for feedback.


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Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk



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Date: 06/09/04 14:50

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> 1) A memory stick could be easier....
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> 2) A wireless network that only connects to the internet and 1 Wifi PC
> card to put in the notebook...
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> 3) Why is that a problem at all? If all your computers and servers
> update daily (or in my case hourly). If the notebook tries to infect the
> other computers or servers the scanners will detect this....
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> Erwin
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> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 3:56 PM
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> Another admin question along the 'is this normal' line.
>
> When a laptop has been out and about for a few weeks, and comes back
> into the office we won't let it on the network until it has had its
> virus defs updated and had a full virus scan. But it can only get on the
> internet via the netowrk, so how to get it up-to-date virus defs? What
> we do is download them (Symantec, using Intelligent Updater), put them
> on a CD, and update the laptop from that. Is this the
> normal/only/best/c**p way to do this?
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>
> --
> Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
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