Re: [clamav-users] Scanning very large files in chunks

2016-08-12 Thread sapientdust+clamav
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:51 PM, TR Shaw wrote: > Actually there is always a probability that a detection will not occur if you > beak apart at file into pieces This is due to the following > > 1) md5 signatures based upon any file type are applied on any file and match > to the md4 hash of tha

Re: [clamav-users] Scanning very large files in chunks

2016-08-12 Thread sapientdust+clamav
On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 10:15 AM, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hello once again, > > On Thu, 11 Aug 2016, sapientdust+cla...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I scan a 4.5 GB file in multiple instream calls, by scanning the first >> 3 GB in one call, and then making a second instream call that provides >> the first

Re: [clamav-users] Scanning very large files in chunks

2016-08-10 Thread sapientdust+clamav
Hello, On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:11 AM, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hello again, > > In August 2016, sapientdust+cla...@gmail.com wrote: > >> The specifics are not important to my question > > > That's not what you said earlier. To be specific, you said: > >> >> In my case, the consequence factor is

Re: [clamav-users] Scanning very large files in chunks

2016-08-09 Thread sapientdust+clamav
On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 9:40 AM, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hi there, > > On Tue, 9 Aug 2016, sapientdust+cla...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Al Varnell wrote: > >>> ... Risk = threat x vulnerability x consequence >> >> >> I agree. In my case, the consequence factor is very large

Re: [clamav-users] Scanning very large files in chunks

2016-08-08 Thread sapientdust+clamav
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Al Varnell wrote: > ... > With the ever increasing malware issues we face today, it’s important to > consider this: > > Risk = threat x vulnerability x consequence I agree. In my case, the consequence factor is very large, and I have to scan even the large files s

[clamav-users] Scanning very large files in chunks

2016-08-04 Thread sapientdust+clamav
I've recently run into the issue of clamd not being able to scan files that are larger than a small number of GB, and I have seen the warnings in `man clamd.conf` that say specified limits above 4GB are ignored. Could developers or other folks familiar with the clamd codebase comment on the feasib