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ESX Itself, Antivirus?

Greets!

Knowing that ESX is Linux, one might postulate that no AV is needed.

However... should and AntiVirus product be installed on ESX itself?

Ideas appreciated.

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thakala
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ESX is not a Linux, ESX Service Console used as management layer is a Linux derivate but it should not be thought as Linux. You should not install Linux Anti-Virus in ESX Service Console, if you do you may introduce some very serious issues for your ESX stability or functionality.

Anti-Virus for any Linux host is a huge mistake anyways, security in Linux/Unix system should be based on totally different approaches.

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eeg3
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No, it would be superfluous.

You shouldn't be running miscellaneous programs on ESX's service console.






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First, ESX is NOT linux. The Service Console is based on linux but ESX (vmkernel) itself is not linux. My advice would be to not worry about anti-virus on the ESX host itself, instead, make sure you configure and lockdown your management network and service consoles that live on it.

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thakala
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ESX is not a Linux, ESX Service Console used as management layer is a Linux derivate but it should not be thought as Linux. You should not install Linux Anti-Virus in ESX Service Console, if you do you may introduce some very serious issues for your ESX stability or functionality.

Anti-Virus for any Linux host is a huge mistake anyways, security in Linux/Unix system should be based on totally different approaches.

Tomi

http://v-reality.info

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OK... no av...

Thanks...

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