Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > dan wrote on 10.10.2007 at 09:46:23 [Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC: Antivirus > suggestion.]: >> im actually using backuppc with clamav and it in fact does scan withing zip >> and gzip files. > > that's quite amazing, presuming you mean what you seem to be implying rather > than what you write. Actually, what *do* you write? What does "using > BackupPC with clamav" mean? You implemented what was suggested? > > Read again: > >> On 10/10/07, Adam Goryachev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> [...] >>> I realise that clamscan can decompress zip/bzip2 etc files, > > Like you said. > >>> but I doubt that it would understand the backuppc format files. > > Because they are not plain gzip/bzip2 files. > >>> As I understand, they are not a standard gzip of bzip format, there is >>> additional data pre-pended to the file. > > I'm not quite sure where it is, but I'm sure file(1) for one does *not* > recognize the files for what they are. As far as I remember, a header meant > to make gzip/bzip2 files recognizable is missing in the BackupPC format. Any > file in cpool is known to be compressed anyway, and in the pc/ tree there is > a corresponding backups file with a 'compression level' column. A redundant > header in each compressed file would be a waste of space, would it not? > > As two side notes: > - What do people usually backup? If it's the entire file system, then > scanning files makes sense. But what if it's only data? My browser caches > are the first thing I tend to exclude from backups. While uniting the > functions 'backup' and 'virus scan' may save disk accesses, it might prove > to make configuration awkward. Should you backup data you don't really > want in your backup so it gets scanned? Do you have to keep files you > for some reason might not want to get scanned out of your backup? >
The real benefit, as I see it, is that you can ensure that when you do a restore you are not restoring infected files to the host. Scanning the BackupPC server is not a substitute for scanning your hosts, but I think it is probably worthwhile if you're backing up Windows hosts. -Rob > - Do you put files found to be contaminated into the pool (in order to save > yourself the effort of re-scanning them)? How do you recognize them? > pool, cpool, vpool? :) > > Regards, > Holger > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
