Security

It is the responsibility of the system administrator to establish a security policy or extend an existing one to include STEP.

Antivirus

Running antivirus software on the STEP server(s) is encouraged – except in the cases described below. Scanning the filesystems should be done outside office hours.

Filesystem exclusions

The filesystem exclusions described are for both 'on-demand' scans and the 'on-access' scans feature. On-demand scans may be run if the system is offline. On-access scans must be completely disabled.

Files

Filesystems (default)

On-demand scans

On-access scans

Database Server

Oracle Data files

/database/db1

When the database and listener are offline

Never

Online redo log files

/database/dbredo1

/database/dbredo2

Archive log files

/database/dblog

Database backup

/database/backupspace

$ORACLE_BASE

/opt/oracle

Application Server

Software installation directories

/opt

When STEP and third-party software are offline

Never

WorkArea

/workarea

Upload

/upload

Temp

/tmp

Note: In a single server setup – i.e., the database and application are on the same machine, all filesystems listed above must be excluded.