Thanks, I'll be moving to a Linux box anyways... I have to study clamd's responses in case of virus/non-virus....but I'll see that by interacting with the program directly.
Thanks! John --- "Brian A. Reiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was thinking about communicating > > directly > > with clamd through a UNIX socket, but I couldn't > > find clamAV's protocol specification. Is there > documentation on it? Do > > you have any suggestion on how > > to implement this virus scanning process? > > Have you looked at Section 5 of clamdoc.pdf? > [http://www.clamav.net/doc/0.81/clamdoc.pdf] > It's also in the docs folder if you do a pull from > CVS or download one of > the stable source tarballs. > > Working with clamd is pretty straightforward. Once > you have connected to the > socket that clamd is listening on, you can send it a > handful of command > verbs: > > PING > VERSION > SCAN > STREAM > RELOAD > SHUTDOWN > Etc. > > In the case of a STREAM scan, clamd responds with a > port to send the stream > to. After you have connected, sent the stream, and > closed the port, clamd > reports the status of the scan in the session where > you sent the STREAM > command. > > > I'm at a Windows box right now > > Also, if you are developing on a Windows box you can > connect to clamd on a > remote UNIX host if you tweak clamd.conf to set up > clamd to run listen on a > TCP socket instead of a local socket in the clamd. > Another, self-contained, > alternative is to install Windows Services for UNIX > (which includes the > Interix POSIX subsystem) and SDK on your Windows > box. SFU is free-of-charge > from Microsoft. Once you have SFU/Interix running > you can get the ClamAV > package for Interix from the InteropSystems > warehouse. > > [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/] > [http://www.interopsystems.com/tools/warehouse.htm] > > Cheers. > > Brian A. Reiter > WolfeReiter, LLC [http://www.wolfereiter.com] > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/x-pkcs7-signature name=smime.p7s > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-devel > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-devel
