Here's something I didn't try (yet) but which I'm planning to test in a (hopefully) short while
The idea is to pick a VIA pico-ITX board http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spearhead/pico-itx/ add a flashcard and a laptop HD to it (SSDisks are still too expensive or they'd be the ideal candidate); stuff a minimal Linux or BSD distro on the flash (for booting) and then install ASSP, ClamAV and all the other stuff on the disk (to avoid flash wearout); the final result will be a micro appliance with no moving parts (ok, almost, the HD will still spin, but if SSD prices drop enough it will really become a no moving parts critter) and all the needed stuff to filter and route emails The purpose is to test the feasibility of a "drop-in" box for use in (relatively) small networks; in such a case all one will need to do would be connecting the network interface (possibly to the DMZ), accessing the ASSP web admin, configure ASSP for the local networks/domains and have it humming along; some kind of "turn key" antispam solution; the main advantage of such a critter would be the ease of installation and management, so even not-so-skilled people could be able to have it up and running in minutes and benefit from first class spam filtering :) About the final "layout"; the current idea is to place the ASSP and clamav "binaries" on flash and then setup some "mount points" so that the heavily accessed folders (e.g. clamav sigs, assp spam/notspam ... and others) will be transparently redirected to the HD; this to allow some more "crash safety" while avoiding quick flash burnout Now, my questions are: is there any better (and possibly cheaper) alternative to the VIA board ? And also, which O/S and which Perl distro (if not the native one) would you pick as the platform of choice for such a setup ? Any suggestion about alternate setups or hints/ideas ? TIA PS: some time ago, I also proposed the creation of an ASSP "virtual appliance" (i.e. a VM containing a minimal OS, Perl, an SMTP relay, ClamAV and ASSP); I didn't abandon that idea and I think it's still a valid one since it will allow anyone to have a fully configured ASSP with all the needed modules and stuff in place; I'm just exploring the above as an alternate solution which may help covering some slightly different needs Season greetings to all :) ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
