Re: [ot] Virus checking blobs was [Re: file upload problem]

[Evan Schnell]

Mark Lowe wrote:

Evan

That's interesting about storing files as BLOB's and the bit about 
viruses checking. How do the mechanics of the virus checking work? Are 
there any virus checkers that can check while everything's stored in 
the db? Sounds interesting.

I doubt something is out there that could actually scan BLOBs, 
especially platform independently.  I've yet to even find a "type-4" :) 
virus checker.  Instead, I've used a J2EE application client on a 
separate machine from the production server.  This client uses a native 
virus scanner to check the files.  Once the file is checked the app 
client sets a flag on the EJB allowing users to see the file.

Regards, Evan.

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