Re: [SQU] virus scanner, how to implement?

Squid cannot (yet) directly call a virus scanner. However, it can
forward requests via a virus scanner capable of HTTP proxying.

One often quoted setup is

Squid with cache -> virus checker -> small squid without cache

The inner Squid with cache can optionally have URL pattern lists that
bypasses virus checking for performance reasons, if such patterns can be
found which is trusted to not match any content with viruses.

--
Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
Toni Mueller wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking to hook a virus scanner into squid to check
> downloaded stuff for viruses, Java applets, Active-X controls,
> or what have you.
> 
> Looking through the site and searching eg. with Google didn't
> turn up useful info (imho). I don't want to turn squid down
> in favour of something else, but have a feature in squid
> that would at best look like:
> 
> content_control pathname option-string acl
> 
> in squid.conf and call that virus scanner (or whatever content
> control/munger program) similar to a redirector. There needs
> to be a way to pass in the file name on disk (which must exist
> for most scanners afaik), and a way to pass the info on what
> has been found back.
> 
> I still don't feel quite able/have enough time to hack this
> on my own. If anyone would dare to make a bid...
> 
> Best Regards,
> --Toni++
> 
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