Re: [exim-dev] [Bug 926] clamd 0.95 deprecates "STREAM" comm…

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Lähettäjä: Jeremy Harris
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Aihe: Re: [exim-dev] [Bug 926] clamd 0.95 deprecates "STREAM" command
On 12/05/2009 01:27 AM, Phil Pennock wrote:
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> --- Comment #1 from Phil Pennock<exim-dev@???> 2009-12-05 01:27:41 ---
> Thanks for the heads-up.
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> Incidentally, it looks as though Exim has an undocumented feature (!!) in the
> ClamAV scanning.
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> As well as using the SCAN command for unix-domain sockets, if you configure a
> second option of "local" for network sockets, it tells Exim to assume common
> storage (which, given Exim's spool ownership, had better mean "same machine")
> and so again issues the SCAN command, instead of STREAM.
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> This would be a configuration of:
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> av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.42 1234:local
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> Untested, but that's what the code appears to do.
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> This is more efficient (avoids sending the files around) so is a win, if this
> configuration can work for you.
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> -Phil
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cf. http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20070107.160455.b6eea57a.en.html
I found that it did not work (as of 4.69), but did with a minor patch.
I've not tested 4.71, but the equivalent lines are around malware.c:1193

Cheers,
     Jeremy