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

[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?