On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:56:48 -0600
Jim Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > PING/PONG is useless. It could have been better if the server had
> > send a banner at connection startup.
> 
> Good point - that's much better for determining server state upon 
> connection.  This banner should also include the clamd version so that

Because clamd doesn't use any authorization mechanism, banner is not a
good idea (for security reasons).

> >   - server may close the stream connection when a virus is found
> >     at start of data (not documented)
> 
> Without saying 'stream: VIRUSNAME FOUND'?  That's bad.

No, it won't do that !

Best regards,
Tomasz Kojm
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