Hi Which is better in term of performance, if clamav, exim and alls files are local?
Regards, Steffen > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Ustugov > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:17 AM > To: David Saez Padros > Subject: Re: [exim] Exiscan clamd "local" option - undocumented? > > hello > > David Saez Padros wrote: > > >>I suppose that section is triggered by a "local" option > stated as in: > >> > >> av_scanner = clamd:127.0.0.1 3310:local > >> > >>It would cause Exiscan to use clamd SCAN interface, as > opposed to the > >>STREAM one. > >> > >>Is a such understading correct? > > exactly > > > looks fine > > >>Is it known to work? :-) > > > > as i could remember that exact piece of code was contributed by > > someone else (i never used clamd using host/port). If you > try, please > > let us know if this works or not. > > it works fine > > > Anyway documentation > > should be updated with this option. > > > >>Yes, I'm aware one would normally use the SCAN interface with > >>Unix-domain sockets. > > > > that would be the best and it's known to work. > > at the beginning exiscan used only TCP socket and SCAN > interface, so it couldn't use clamd runing on another host. > so exiscan must use STREAM interface with TCP socket. > > as far as i know clamd can't listen both TCP and unix sockets. > so, if you need to check files from remote hosts, you need to > use TCP socket. > > and now, for example, clamd and exim are running on the same > host, but clamd need to check remote files, so clamd must use > TCP socket. in this case exiscan can use SCAN interface or > STREAM interface. now STREAM interface used by default. the > "local" option allow to use SCAN interface. it's simple and > well-tested. > > > -- > Best wishes Victor Ustugov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > public GnuPG/PGP key: http://victor.corvax.kiev.ua/corvax.asc > ICQ: 77186900, 32418694 CRV2-RIPE, CRV-UANIC > > -- > ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
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