Re: virus scanning by squid?

I think it is a very good idea to provide such a service.

The way to do it may be to scan for virus if the file matches entries in a
list. For example, if the file (or object) name is *.exe, scan the file
after getting it. If a virus is found, send out a warning html page and
let the user to choose whether to get the file or not.

This service shall give the user one more reason to use the proxy.

Regards

Clement
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> From: Don Rolph <w-rolph@ds.mc.ti.com>
> To: ron nash <nash@rohan.sdsu.edu>
> Cc: squid-users@nlanr.net
> Subject: Re: virus scanning by squid?
> Date: Thursday, 13 February 1997 5:34
>
> Actually in my experience virus via the web occur only under these
> conditions:
>
> 1) download of files to be stored locally
> 2) invoking helper apps (primarily Microsofot office apps) which
> support macro type viruses
>
> I have never seen an HTML page or gif/jpeg file which was a virus, and
> cig scripts if the input is properly checked are of only modest risk.
>
> So what is the goal here, given the small number of issues, alomost all
> of which are associated with nonstandard web pages?
>
> ron nash wrote:
> >
> > A constant problem with web sites are viruses. Is there a way
> > to configure squid to virus scan proxied pages. What I would
> > like to see is a way to specify this by file type (.doc .exe. zip
> > for example).
> >
> > Ron
>
> --
>
> Regards.
> Don Rolph WD3 MS10-13 (508)-236-1263
> mailto:w-rolph@ds.mc.ti.com
>
Received on Wed Feb 12 1997 - 21:13:10 MST