Re: [squid-users] virus protection and squid

It should only seem slow, but the total time for the file should be
comparable. If it's not, then there is a problem.

The entire file has to be downloaded before the virus addin can scan it.
During the download, only a minimum amount of data is trickled to the
browser to keep the connection alive. Once the file has been
downloaded/scanned at the proxy, the browser should get it "all at once"
at whatever rate the link between browser and proxy is capable of.

I have only done preliminary testing with the dg addin, but I think the
trickle rate is a little too restrictive.

On Trend VirusWall, I generally set the rate at 1KB for every 1MB of data
received. The rate may be a little high for really paranoid types, but it
makes determining the "real" progress of a download pretty easy to
decipher. If the browser says 3KB of a 6MB download has been received, I
know the transfer is really halfway done.

Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Siew Wing Loon" <wlsiew@yahoo.com>
To: "Michael Hayder" <mic-lists-squid@wlug.de>; "Jerry Murdock"
<jmurdock@itraktech.com>; "Mailinglist squid"
<squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] virus protection and squid

> I have tried DansGuardian AntiVirus but I faced one
> problem...
>
> If I download filesize which is big, it is very slow
> in the workstation end, why?
>
> -siew
>
Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 00:24:00 MST