Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 00:34:56 +0200 From: Walter Hop <freebsd@walter.transip.nl> To: "mouhammad sajjad" <sajjadw21@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anti virus Message-ID: <837849410.20030803003456@blue.calx.nl> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-F133rNKBqujscl0000aa9d@hotmail.com>
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[in reply to sajjadw21@hotmail.com, 1-8-2003] > i m using freebsd as a proxy server i need an antivirs for it as i get > a lot of virus links getting passed my network. Do you mean a HTTP proxy server, such as Squid? There is a filter plugin for Squid and a new "squid-vscan" project that is supposed to scan content on-access using a virusscanner. I haven't tried it out yet; there is no FreeBSD port yet but good chance it will run. http://www.openantivirus.org/projects.php I would assume that scanning every incoming file will use your available system resources quickly. As long as browsers are broken and ignore the Content-Type you will have to fire up the virusscanner for *every* cache miss; if you have many people behind the proxy you will probably need fast disks and probably even multiple proxies. I don't have plans for such a setup currently, but it seems like an interesting task. Let me know what solution worked out for you and what your comments are about its performance! cheers, walterhome | help
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