Re: [Clamav-users] MaxScanSize and MaxFileSize

2009-07-27 Thread Török Edwin
On 2009-07-27 23:00, Michael Rogers wrote: > Török Edwin wrote: > >> Its not different from allowing any other program unconstrained amount >> of resources. >> Try writing a program that does malloc in a loop, or opens a file and >> writes to it in an infinite loop. >> >> To sum up, it is not re

Re: [Clamav-users] MaxScanSize and MaxFileSize

2009-07-27 Thread Michael Rogers
Török Edwin wrote: > Its not different from allowing any other program unconstrained amount > of resources. > Try writing a program that does malloc in a loop, or opens a file and > writes to it in an infinite loop. > > To sum up, it is not recommended to turn off limits in a production > environm

Re: [Clamav-users] MaxScanSize and MaxFileSize

2009-07-27 Thread Török Edwin
On 2009-07-27 21:19, Michael Rogers wrote: > The clamd.conf manpage gives dire warnings about "severe damage to the > system" if MaxScanSize and MaxFileSize are disabled or set too high. > Here are some scenarios: The partition that has $TMPDIR might get filled if limits are disabled, preventi

[Clamav-users] MaxScanSize and MaxFileSize

2009-07-27 Thread Michael Rogers
The clamd.conf manpage gives dire warnings about "severe damage to the system" if MaxScanSize and MaxFileSize are disabled or set too high. Could anyone please give me a bit more information about what kind of damage might be involved, and how to choose safe non-default values for these settings?

Re: [Clamav-users] Google Safebrowsing: listed in clamav safebrowsing.cvd and 'white' status in StopBadware and 'not listed" at Google SafwBrowse status page

2009-07-27 Thread cas...@gmail.com
Hi Edwin, 2009/7/24 Török Edwin : > On 2009-07-24 01:26, cas...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hi, >> >>    I need some help to understand this issue. >> >>    We are using safebrowsing.cvd (postfix/amavisd/clamd) and we >> started to get problems with two newsletters here [1] [2] >> >>    Messages are in HT