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Anti-virus and Host-based firewall software

July 9, 2008 by Mark Kraitchman

The campus “Minimum Security Standards for Networked
Devices” http://security.berkeley.edu/MinStds
approved software document was updated:

https://security.berkeley.edu/approved.software.html

The approved software document list devices and/or
operating systems that MUST run listed anti-virus
software and host-based firewall software.

Some of the most significant changes in the
approved software document are

Windows Vista must run anti-virus software and host-based firewall.

The campus SNS (System and Network Security) group recommends that Linux/Other UNIX devices run anti-virus software.

Windows 2000 Server must run a host-based firewall (using Windows IPSec).

Windows Server 2008 must run a host-based firewall

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