Re: Exadata and anti-virus
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:19:50 -0400
Message-ID: <63dae100-4549-02c0-067d-a1cf4f1068df_at_gmail.com>
On 3/25/19 2:43 PM, Sheehan, Jeremy wrote:
>
> We had a push from Infosec to start installing AV on our Linux
> servers. They did and then we starting having all sorts of problems
> (crazy memory leaks) and the server would crash. Keep in mind these
> are just standalone db servers, not EXA. After asking the Linux admins
> to look, they said it was the AV software and promptly uninstalled
> from the affected machine with not even a slap on the wrist from
> Infosec. It was almost like it was an optional installation and wasn’t
> even necessary.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Jeremy*
>
Well, when talking about the malware, one has to think of the use of the
systems. Systems that are promiscuous (used by many users), which are in
direct contact with the internet or end-user systems probably do need to
be protected. However, if your database server is connected to internet,
you have bigger problems than malware. That is what firewalls are for. I
have played with ClamAV for Linux and found that it has quite a profound
impact and it's a nuisance. I wanted to install the new version of
Eclipse, which I use for testing SAP Hana, and it has flagged quite a
number of jar files as "infected". It was a fresh download directly from
eclipse.org. I removed the ClamAV tool and all was well again.
-- Mladen Gogala Database Consultant Tel: (347) 321-1217 -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Tue Mar 26 2019 - 01:19:50 CET