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I'd seperate the intranet from the extranet. Do people really need to email friends and family while they should be working? 2nd, I'd make sure they all used slims or that the boxes could have the cd doors locked so they couldn't put anything on the computer. After those 2 things, yeah, I'd white list.

Where I was working for a bank, I could d/l and install a lot of stuff. there were few web sites I couldn't view. there were a few web sites I actually needed (mostly gov run), but they were really really lax about their internet security.

So, I agree as far as AV isn't the first line, it's more like for mop-up.
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A better way to deal with it ...  mrlinux | 05/21/08
Which operating systems would those be?  ye | 05/21/08
Safer Operating Systems  DrBrianM | 05/21/08
For now  daMan25 | 05/21/08
I encourage you to learn  rarsa | 05/21/08
Please, please, please, puuullleeeaaasssseee!  ye | 05/21/08
Too easy...  T1Oracle | 05/21/08
Sorry but you'll have to do better:  ye | 05/21/08
Come on, Mr. Gates, a.k.a ye  Aragorn_z | 05/22/08
@Aragorn_z: I keep asking the same question because...  ye | 05/22/08
And your investigation presents what data?  flyingbuick | 05/21/08
Right...  glashoppah | 05/21/08
I think that title belonged to sendmail for quite some time.  ye | 05/21/08
He didn't say "safer". He said "less vulnerable".  ye | 05/21/08
It'd be best for you...  glashoppah | 05/21/08
That is not true  GuidingLight | 05/22/08
Ever tried OpenBSD?  davidr69 | 05/21/08
Sure have. My original question stands.  ye | 05/21/08
Less vulnerable vs. Safer  TucsonGuy | 05/21/08
Vulnerabilities exist whether anyone targets the platform...  ye | 05/21/08
Types of Security Problems  slaskoske | 05/22/08
Does it really matter WHY...  arminw | 05/21/08
Yes, if you actually expect a problem to be fixed.  ye | 05/22/08
There are no safer operating systems  Lerianis | 05/22/08
Gimme a BREAK!  howard.blake@... | 05/21/08
So true...  glashoppah | 05/21/08
you called?  GiMMeABreak | 05/23/08
REALLY?  NHMtnMan | 05/21/08
Wow. the first post is nothing but a Troll!  GuidingLight | 05/22/08
Very impartial response...  GetReal-mac.com | 05/23/08
BUYING antivirus is a waste of time  kcredden2 | 05/21/08
Not worthless, but shouldn't be bloated  Norcross | 05/21/08
Totally agree  cmosentine | 05/21/08
Medical Practice problems  TucsonGuy | 05/21/08
Yes SoftDent is a security nightmare!  frankinks | 05/21/08
Sounds like they need different software. NT  ThereThere | 05/22/08
Dental Software...  randysmith@... | 05/22/08
RE: Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO  rmlounsbury@... | 05/21/08
Antivirus Wasted Money!  brotherjim01@... | 05/21/08
If I was an IT...  Drakaran | 05/21/08
Give them a day off...  ThereThere | 05/22/08
Using virtual machines is the only practical solution  progon | 05/21/08
I wouldn't count on that  Drakaran | 05/21/08
I would say, "Windows is wasted money". Switch to Linux!  xunil skcor | 05/21/08
Why?  ceward_z | 05/21/08
if IBM sells it, on a mainframe, it's clearly not that buggy.  shryko | 05/21/08
Are you so sure?  slaskoske | 05/22/08
Good question  davidr69 | 05/21/08
Let's not single out 1 pot  flyingbuick | 05/21/08
Well, I think the "no brainer" part  GuidingLight | 05/22/08
What happens when Linux is 80% market?  randysmith@... | 05/22/08
How about SELinux?  davidr69 | 05/21/08
Likely not an option for the "average" user.  ye | 05/21/08
RE: Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO  Timpraetor | 05/21/08
RE: Antivirus vs. Whitelist  david.swift@... | 05/21/08
RE: Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO  kbulenda@... | 05/21/08
not even white hat or black hat, Just OLD HAT  topsecret@... | 05/21/08
Great Windows Security Solution...  Gabriel Kent | 05/21/08
AV not needed?  pwood57@... | 05/21/08
No AV software is 100%  Drakaran | 05/26/08
Norton is the worst of the useless anti NOTHING software.  okc_rn@... | 05/21/08
Vundo....  sframberger@... | 05/22/08
If it's such an ugly infection  Lerianis | 05/22/08
Antivirus is maybe a wasted money'  troubled241 | 05/22/08
Use POSIX OS, Port blocking a good Magic Box a VM and forget about it  pla777@... | 05/22/08
RE: Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO  ThereThere | 05/22/08
RE: Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO  dingers412@... | 05/22/08
There's a huge flaw in this argument  D. W. Bierbaum | 05/22/08
I'll be blunt  Lerianis | 05/22/08
Are white-lists really the answer?  Hameiri | 05/22/08
RE: Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO  dcolbert@... | 05/22/08
RE: Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO  baylors | 05/22/08
We run a proxy server...  bjbrock | 05/22/08
Much better to sue ....  milton@... | 05/23/08
RE: Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO  sediza@... | 09/06/09

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