On December 15, 2004 08:57 am, Rainer Zocholl wrote: > In the really meanwhile long long linear list of mail scanners > I only see the (non GPLed) "DansGuardian Anti-Virus Patch". > Do you mean that? > AFAIK is DansGuardian payware except for private use.
Please do at least the bare minimum research before posting things like the above. Opening even the first page of the DansGuardian website will show that it is available free (as in no money), for anyone to use (at home, at work, at school, whereever). Yes, there is a commercial web content filter that uses a lot of the DansGuardian technology, and even employs the primary DG programmer, but DG is available for anybody to use, completely free, and even includes the sourcecode. > And there is still the question: > Does it make sense to use clamav in the http stream? > Are there signatures for http-specific-exploits? > Protecting against dowloading bad files does not > need http stream filtering, it can be done on the disk > too. It depends on your usage of the 'Net. If you do a lot of file downloading via web browsers using HTTP, then it might be a good idea to have a central server that scans all those downloads. If most of the file downloading is done via FTP or HTTPS, having a scanner might not make sense. Or, if you have a centrally-managed desktop AV system, it might not be worth putting in an HTTP virus scanner. It all depends on your uses. -- Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
