On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Jeff Donsbach wrote: > On 4/13/07, I wrote: >> >> [I tried asking this on the developer's mailing list, but posting is >> restricted there, so....] >> >> I am looking to do some performance testing of ClamAV in various >> configurations on various hardware. I am wondering if you have a stash of >> email messages, with at least some malware infected, that you use for your >> own testing and if so, could I get a copy of it? >> >> Btw, I'll be happy to share my results. I have to write up a presentation >> on what I find. >> >> Thanks in advance for any pointers. > > > > Anyone? Devs? Isn't there something you guys use for QA?
When I was building and testing our current mail routing servers (sendmail, amavisd-new as a milter, clamav, spamassassin), I pulled a bunch of virus out of a quarantine, and used those to create messages. I generated about the same percentage of virus/spam/clean mail we were seeing on the incoming mail server then and gradually increased load as I was testing. This worked fairly well and I was able to determine that our incoming mail routers would easily be able to handle our incoming flow as well as identify spam and virus as it was routing without causing undue time delays. At the same time I was able to confirm that it would out perform our then current routing solution. Of course, the results were more like "ya, load average is good, mail is being delivered, NEXT!" but it did test everything fairly well. Of course, you'll have to write your own scripts, that was about 2 years ago for us and the scripts I wrote then are gone now... Hope that helps at least point you in the direction of how you could approach testing. Regards James > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html > > -- James Bourne | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNIX Systems Administration | WWW: http://www.hardrock.org Custom UNIX Programming | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "All you need's an occasional kick in the philosophy." Frank Herbert _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
