Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:38:54 -0700 From: Rick Updegrove <dislists@updegrove.net> To: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: current qmail-scanner port with clamav and f-prot fails on 4testvirus.org messages Message-ID: <407D4CFE.3060500@updegrove.net> In-Reply-To: <407C9C7A.9070304@mac.com> References: <407C61FA.8070701@updegrove.net> <407C9C7A.9070304@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: Thanks for the reply Chuck, > At least in the case of ClamAV, one ought to run freshclam on a > regular > basis, and the port provides a daemon which will keep your definitions > up-to-date automaticly. Thankfully the port sets that up, and I read the documentation. qscand 2476 0.0 0.2 1520 896 ?? S 7:08AM 0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/clamdscan -r --disable-summary --max-recursion=10 --max-space=1000000 /usr/local/qmailscan/tmp/xxx.ca.gov10819517244792470 > If your complaint is that neither vendor's most recent definitions > fail > to catch some known viruses, that's a different problem, which you > should discuss with the vendors directly, since that has little to do > with FreeBSD ports. First of all it is the qmail-scanner port itself that is missing password protected .zip files because it is a version behind still. Maybe you missed the relevant portions of the original post. Secondly, the most recent vendor's most recent definitions don't always work when you are a version or two behind on the scan engine itself. Thirdly, I am not complaining. I am trying to help all the users of these ports by shedding light on the facts. Of course I (we) have the ability to manually install these packages using the current sources and if I get many more replies like this I will just do that and forget about trying to help make these ports work properly. If I (we) have to do that then why even bother to maintain a FreeBSD port for these packages at all if they don't work effectively? Lastly, my point is these "ports" are all current according to "portupgrade -rva" and have current virus definitions yet the combination allow viruses to get through. This seems somewhat relevant to FreeBSD ports to me. So now that we have cleared up a few things, who wants to discuss a strategy to maintain an effective FreeBSD virus-scanner port for qmail? Rick
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