Well I would hardly say it's "useless". Your definition of "production
environment" is obviously different than reality would dictate :)
Even if you had a perfect homogeneous "production environment" where every
client accessing an Openfiler share was a Windows system using client-side
antivirus scanning with to-the-minute signature updates, what if a rogue
user decided they wanted to connect to your DHCP-enabled network that was
not using Kerberos authentication for giving out addresses? This is %90 of
the "production environment"s in existance, even at most of the fortunte 500
financial institutions.
What then? Your "production environment" idea kinda goes out the Window(s)
;)
I agree that AV scanning is low on the "wish list" but I wouldn't write it
off as "useless." For one, adding the framework to support a ClamAV VFS
stack would open the door for supporting other stackable VFSs, which would
be quite a boon for those wanting to implement file-system encryption,
compression, or any other useful stackable VFS function.
I'd say 3.5 roadmap =P
-=dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Korves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:52 PM
Subject: RE: [OF-users] SPAM SUSPECTHow is virus protec?
Hi All,
Are you asking if virus protection is incorporated into the
Openfiler project?
The short answer is no, although it should be possible in
theory to stack a ClamAV VFS module onto the Samba service
(which is the only real access method that would greatly
benefit from it. I'd assume this would chew up a decent
amount of horsepower so don't try doing this with your PIII
1GHz Openfiler box.
I think, that's exactly that what he asked for... But in case you're using
OF in a production environment, it should be cleared, that all clients are
using a antivirus tool and a most recent virus definition... Also the fact,
that the only implementable access mode for instant virus scanning would be
smb, it's more or less useless... ;) Or better: No one needs it really...
Regards,
Tim
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