this question will either appear highly intelligent or completely show up my
ignorance, only your replies will tell, oh well, once more...
is it correct that with tcp/ip packets can arrive out of order and are
reconstructed properly at the receiving end?, if so, then how can any
intermediary machine scan for virii since traffic 'passing through' will not
be coherent as it were, unless the intermediary machine either copies all
packets and constructs the resulting file and then communicates a warning if
a virus is found (horse, door, bolted anyone?) or delays delivery until the
whole file is examined and then sends it on (which would - roughly - double
transmission time) how does this virus scanning work?
email scanning clearly is different since it is usually collected centrally
and then passed on
how way out am i on this?
bascule
> AVPLinux is the Kaspersky AntiVirus Program for Linux. It allows a linux
> server to scan incoming internet communications for intruders dangerous to
> the DOS/Windows computers it is serving as a gateway. It is a commercial
> product with telephone support 24 hours a day to registered users from
> Kaspersky Labs and with email support from the Australian Office, also to
> registered users. There are versions of AVP for Novell, DOS, Windows, and
> linux.
>
> If you have installed from CDs with rpm, check /usr/doc and /usr/share/doc
> for an AVP folder. The 36-page *.pdf file available from the web appears
> to be in Cyrillic.
>
> Civileme
