Hi
Which is better in term of performance, if clamav, exim and alls files are
local?
Regards,
Steffen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: exim-users-bounces@???
> [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of Victor Ustugov
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:17 AM
> To: David Saez Padros
> Subject: Re: [exim] Exiscan clamd "local" option - undocumented?
>
> hello
>
> David Saez Padros wrote:
>
> >>I suppose that section is triggered by a "local" option
> stated as in:
> >>
> >> av_scanner = clamd:127.0.0.1 3310:local
> >>
> >>It would cause Exiscan to use clamd SCAN interface, as
> opposed to the
> >>STREAM one.
> >>
> >>Is a such understading correct?
>
> exactly
>
> > looks fine
>
> >>Is it known to work? :-)
> >
> > as i could remember that exact piece of code was contributed by
> > someone else (i never used clamd using host/port). If you
> try, please
> > let us know if this works or not.
>
> it works fine
>
> > Anyway documentation
> > should be updated with this option.
> >
> >>Yes, I'm aware one would normally use the SCAN interface with
> >>Unix-domain sockets.
> >
> > that would be the best and it's known to work.
>
> at the beginning exiscan used only TCP socket and SCAN
> interface, so it couldn't use clamd runing on another host.
> so exiscan must use STREAM interface with TCP socket.
>
> as far as i know clamd can't listen both TCP and unix sockets.
> so, if you need to check files from remote hosts, you need to
> use TCP socket.
>
> and now, for example, clamd and exim are running on the same
> host, but clamd need to check remote files, so clamd must use
> TCP socket. in this case exiscan can use SCAN interface or
> STREAM interface. now STREAM interface used by default. the
> "local" option allow to use SCAN interface. it's simple and
> well-tested.
>
>
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