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Hi All,
I was asked by our IT department yesterday whether I could recommend
some virus scanning software on Linux. I responded saying that you
don't get viruses, per se, on Linux and that we use a combination of
rootkit scanners, firewall rules and other monitoring to ensure no
daemons etc. are running.
He was most concerned about rootkits. It got me thinking that rootkits
and wide-spread attacks that install various daemons when then
penetrate a system are, effectively, viruses. Does a one-stop-shop
exist to detect all/a lot/some of these? An equivalent to a virus
scanner on Windows? Or is intrusion detection on linux a matter of a
few automated tools and a lot of sifting through logs and monitoring
software outputs?
Regards,
Cian
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