I think it would be great to have using ClamAV or AVG as an OPTION on scanning files coming in from clients. If they are found in need, then need to be quarantined (and admin alarmed at the end of the backup period once a day) with the normal information kept that the AV software already does plus client information.
We might also want this to be on a client by client basis (I don't want to scan my servers usually, but I do want to scan stuff from desktops normally.) On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 13:31 +0100, Simon Avery wrote: > Hi. > > Debian Etch and 2.1.2.6 > > I'm not convinced this is a sensible thing to ask, but worth a try... > > I'd like to scan for viruses on our company LAN periodically, in > addition to a resident guard program. This has historically found bad > things in caches before they've been run. > > I have been using AVG on each Windows client but the free version > doesn't allow useful scheduling, only "once per day every day" and as > it's very intrusive causes much unrest from my users who suddenly find > their computers crawling. > > So - would it be possible to scan the backups as they are made using > BackupPC? Possibly during the "link" phase after a successful backup. > > I know I could run clam(d)scan on the backup directories but this would > cause huge duplication and would take twice forever so is there scope > for a clever addition to BackupPC which calls a program for each "new" > file that's added to the pool, such as clam(d)scan? > > If it returns an error code, then that would be emailed to the admin > along with the filename, path and computer it came from so I could run a > full scan. > > Benefits: (To me at least!) > Clients don't get any additional disk access or cpu usage beyond a > normal backup. > No virus re-scanning of files that haven't changed. > No increase of backup duration if done afterward during link. > > Drawbacks: > Increase of cpu usage on server. > > > Is this a good idea, has it been done already, is it beyond the scope of > BackupPC's remit or am I barking? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
