You are viewing a plain text version of this content. The canonical link for it is here.
Posted to server-user@james.apache.org by Marcel Maré <li...@webtothemax.com> on 2002/02/24 21:06:05 UTC
Virus checking
I would like to use James as my company mail server, but I haven't figured
out how best to scan for viruses.
Currently we're using McAfee Groupshield which scans all incoming mail in
the Exchange mailserver. Obviously Groupshield has to go (no tears there),
but how can I scan the mail messages, or more accurately the attachments,
handled by James?
One (naive) option I can think of would be if the attachments are stored as
files on the mail server, so that they can be scanned by the regular
(mcAfee) virusscanner. But how can I make sure the attachment is scanned
before being downloaded?
A second option would be a virusscanner with a java-API, very unlikely.
Thanks for any pointers.
Marcel Maré
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
Re: Virus checking
Posted by Serge Knystautas <se...@lokitech.com>.
Well, depends on what platform you're running James... there are
command-line programs in Windows and unix (using Runtime.exec to call it).
There might be a published API you could wrap with a JNI wrapper... but I'm
just guessing wildly at what it would take to integrate.
I can assure you, many people are worried about viruses, and email has been
one of the best delivery mechanisms for viruses lately. It really just
depends on how easy it is to integrate with the commercial virus scanning
software out there.
Serge Knystautas
Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites
http://www.lokitech.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcel Maré" <li...@webtothemax.com>
To: "James Users List" <ja...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:19 PM
Subject: RE: Virus checking
> Thanks Serge,
>
> You mean running the Windows virus scanner from a mailet, right? Should
> work, but not very elegant and probably not scalable. OTOH, I would only
> have to scan messages with attachments.
> Which leaves me wondering, if I'm the only one worried about viruses. Or
> maybe I'm the only one using Windows ;-)
>
> Marcel
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
RE: Virus checking
Posted by Marcel Maré <li...@webtothemax.com>.
Thanks Serge,
You mean running the Windows virus scanner from a mailet, right? Should
work, but not very elegant and probably not scalable. OTOH, I would only
have to scan messages with attachments.
Which leaves me wondering, if I'm the only one worried about viruses. Or
maybe I'm the only one using Windows ;-)
Marcel
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Serge Knystautas [mailto:sergek@lokitech.com]
> Verzonden: woensdag 27 februari 2002 5:20
> Aan: James Users List
> Onderwerp: Re: Virus checking
>
>
> Maybe there isn't a java-API to a virus scanner, but you could
> wrap a virus
> scanner with either Runtime.exec or possibly JNI. I've seen a few posting
> on freshmeat that do something like this for other mail serves and I'm
> guessing that's how they'd do it.
>
> Serge Knystautas
> Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites
> http://www.lokitech.com/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcel Maré" <li...@webtothemax.com>
> To: "Mailinglist James-User" <ja...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 3:06 PM
> Subject: Virus checking
>
>
> > I would like to use James as my company mail server, but I
> haven't figured
> > out how best to scan for viruses.
> > Currently we're using McAfee Groupshield which scans all
> incoming mail in
> > the Exchange mailserver. Obviously Groupshield has to go (no
> tears there),
> > but how can I scan the mail messages, or more accurately the
> attachments,
> > handled by James?
> >
> > One (naive) option I can think of would be if the attachments are stored
> as
> > files on the mail server, so that they can be scanned by the regular
> > (mcAfee) virusscanner. But how can I make sure the attachment is scanned
> > before being downloaded?
> > A second option would be a virusscanner with a java-API, very unlikely.
> >
> > Thanks for any pointers.
> >
> >
> > Marcel Maré
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe, e-mail:
> <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
> For additional commands, e-mail:
> <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
>
>
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
Re: Virus checking
Posted by Serge Knystautas <se...@lokitech.com>.
Maybe there isn't a java-API to a virus scanner, but you could wrap a virus
scanner with either Runtime.exec or possibly JNI. I've seen a few posting
on freshmeat that do something like this for other mail serves and I'm
guessing that's how they'd do it.
Serge Knystautas
Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites
http://www.lokitech.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcel Maré" <li...@webtothemax.com>
To: "Mailinglist James-User" <ja...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Virus checking
> I would like to use James as my company mail server, but I haven't figured
> out how best to scan for viruses.
> Currently we're using McAfee Groupshield which scans all incoming mail in
> the Exchange mailserver. Obviously Groupshield has to go (no tears there),
> but how can I scan the mail messages, or more accurately the attachments,
> handled by James?
>
> One (naive) option I can think of would be if the attachments are stored
as
> files on the mail server, so that they can be scanned by the regular
> (mcAfee) virusscanner. But how can I make sure the attachment is scanned
> before being downloaded?
> A second option would be a virusscanner with a java-API, very unlikely.
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>
>
> Marcel Maré
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>