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Okay sure same thing as Windows. If you aren’t reckless with the things you install and run then you are likely fine BUT there’s always a chance. All it takes is one slip up. Same logic as having a lock in the door knob and a deadbolt. By your logic (and many others), the lock on the door knob is sufficient and that may be okay with you BUT I’m gonna put a deadbolt on too just in case.

We can argue about this all day long. You will have valid points and so will I.

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just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
No…it’s not the same as Windows. The difference is a properly sandboxed execution of binaries. You can Google this, but you sound like you don’t care to understand why it’s different. TLDR: I think you misunderstand what a “server” is, and what a desktop is. Linux is not a server, it’s an Operating System.

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- lal309@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Okay cool. Thanks.
  
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elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
But would you put a deadbolt on your garage door? Or on your fridge door? IMO, arguing by analogy here just obfuscates the points – your servers aren’t physical doorways with locks, and comparing them just confuses the issue.

Can you explain what added security an antivirus package would offer for a Linux server? I haven’t done much with Linux administration, mostly just using Docker images for stuff at work.

I’m not a super Linux expert or anything, but I do grok tech, and I’m curious about this topic.

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- lal309@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  How does it obfuscate the point? A layered approach to security.
  
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  - elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Simple: Computers are not doors with locks. Antivirus is not a deadbolt, and IMO it’s really misleading to compare them. You’re trying to tell people in this thread that you need AV on Linux, against consensus, “because security”. I still don’t understand why you think it’s necessary. What’s your threat model? How does AV improve security on your servers in a way that a firewall doesn’t?
    
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