Sophos, SAVI, etc.

[Julian Field]

The module is not exactly easy to install, but it can be done. I will
produce some detailed instructions on how to do this, as I don't think many
of you will manage it without some help.

I have got it all working so that MailScanner can now use it. I haven't
written the macro-virus disinfection code, but that's very minor these days
as 99% of the viruses you see can't be disinfected anyway (you end up
having to jusr remove the attachment).

I will aim to publish a beta release supporting it later today.

This will hopefully solve all the "startup speed" problems with Sophos, as
this only gets done once when MailScanner starts.

At 13:15 28/03/2003, you wrote:
>Hello all (or possibly mainly Julian)...
>
>Any thoughts on the SAVI::Perl module?
>
>http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PH/PHENSON/SAVI-Perl-0.05.readme
>(newer version doesn't appear to be on CPAN, and I can't
>reach search.cpan.org at the moment):
>http://www.csupomona.edu/~henson/www/projects/SAVI-Perl/dist/
>
>I just thought it might be a (tiny) bit faster, if available, than calling
>'sweep', as I presume MS does at the moment on a batch of messages?
>
>And also considering MS respawning itself on a regular basis, the virus
>signatures would also be renewed without intervention (as opposed to say
>daemonized things like Sophie of which I know you don't approve)...
>
>
>
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