Ian, if you can put more detail about your zombie issue into a bug, it would be easier for us to deal with it.
Thanks, Matt On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Ian Eiloart <i...@sussex.ac.uk> wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2013, at 14:35, Matt Olney <mol...@sourcefire.com> wrote: > > > efore you ask, we don't have a lot of information that we're ready to > > share on our end about what we're planning, so I don't want to promise > > anything yet. In general we're looking to expand the detection > capability, > > the engine's stability and make the system a little more usable. As we > > firm things up, we'll let you guys know more about what we're working on. > > …. > > Thanks in advance for your ideas! Please send your ideas to this list so > > we can track them. > > Focus on stability and usability. I use Exim, Clam, and Spamassassin (in > order of descending importance). I regard Exim as essential for continuity > of service. > > Clam, when available, is trusted absolutely to reject emails that are a > security threat to my network - so it's important to me that it's as > available as possible. Unfortunately, it occasionally hangs leaving zombie > processes that require a reboot to fix. When it's available, I want it to > block malware attachments, but I also want it to block emails with links to > malware, and links to phishing sites. BTW, I use Clam to scan outbound > email, as well as inbound, in order to improve herd immunity to infections. > > One thing that I'd like to do with outbound email is to prevent people > from emailing their own passwords. Something along these lines: > https://grepular.com/Defending_Against_Spear_Phishing_with_Exim That's a > useful tool, but it's Exim specific, and it would be neat to have clam deal > with this. > > -- > Ian Eiloart > Postmaster, University of Sussex > +44 (0) 1273 87-3148 > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
