Re: virus scanning by squid?

> I'd rather that people take their own defined and considered
> precautions, then use AntiVirus tools that hook into your operating
> system's read/write and filesave/read routines. There's plenty out
> there to be purchased as needed.
Right so far, but there are also plenty of Proxy-servers to purchase.

> Squid should concentrate upon retrieval and caching. Parsing files
> as well introduces a whole new level of complexity and extra workload
> and would "hide" the action and could lead to a false sense of security.
> (There's also been cases of files not really containing viruses, but
> being detected as such by scanners).
It never can be a guarantee. But to check for some known viruses, is
better than no check.
And I rather would like to loose a file than to get one to much.

yours,mw.
 
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