> Has any thought been given to how Dspace might handle the remote ( > hopefully ) possibility of a file containing a virus being deposited > into a repository? It seems like jhove might be the kind of tool that > could check for this. I believe there is some work going on to > incorporate jhove into Dspace, how is that coming along? It's not part > of of 1.5, but what about for the following release?
The BitstreamFormat renovation (see http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/BitstreamFormat_Renovation ) doesn't address this directly, but will make it much easier to integrate tools because file formats will be identified more effectively and precisely. Once the format is known you can add a mechanism like the mediafilters, perhaps integrated with workflow, to run specific checks depending on the format type. JHOVE version 1 is just a format validator and technical-metadata extractor, it isn't subtle enough to look for viruses. There _are_ tools in the email filtering domain which detect malicious MS Office files; I've heard of them but don't remember specifics. You could start by looking around the SpamAssassin software and ClamAV (see http://www.clamav.net/ ) However, be aware that any virus-checking software needs constant updating since you're essentially in an arms race. -- Larry (a recovering postmaster) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
