Hi there,
On Tue, 1 Oct 2013, McDonald, Dan wrote:
> On Sep 28, 2013, at 8:04 AM, G.W. Haywood <cla...@jubileegroup.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote:
>>
>>> The machine in question is an older thingy with 256MB memory
>>> running an embedded Linux version and a special full screen application
>>> over TinyX and FBDEV.
>>> Is is possible to make ClamAV use less memory perhaps by repetitive
>>> scanning with a smaller subset of the virus signature file at a time?
>>
>> ...
>> Why is your client even using ClamAV on this system?
>> ...
The reason for running a program like clamav on embedded linux systems is
that certain compliance regimes require the use of anti-virus software
wherever technically feasible. Not wherever is architecturally makes sense,
nor even wherever operationally reasonable, but everywhere technically
feasible. Since Clamav exists, and can run on the OS in question, it is
therefore technically feasible and those entities are required to run it or
some other anti-virus solution.
You did see the OP's address? I rather doubt that compliance with
some American bean-counter's idea of security is the issue here, but
I would welcome clarification from the OP.
--
73,
Ged.
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