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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.
How does it obfuscate the point? A layered approach to security.
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?