Hi Andrew: I agree, offering a functioning Win32 port that doesn't rely on Cygwin might give your firm additional exposure. Heck, I would gladly pay an annual fee for ClamAID if it included a current, native Win32 port of ClamD and would make my "go-between" script obsolete.
PS: I would have thought that http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav/ would have been a good base to start from. All that's needed is to work on their ClamD to enable it to run as a service. Best Regards, Andy -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Wallo [mailto:awa...@armresearch.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:38 PM To: Message Sniffer Community Cc: andy_schm...@hm-software.com Subject: Re: ClamAID Sniffer Folks, - ASchmidt... <snip> > ClamAV's web site states that they won't [ continue to support] and > development has been stopped? > http://w32.clamav.net/ </snip> Oddly, I would have bet hard cash that page didn't say that just a week ago. I went there just recently in order to affirm I had the same dated MSI as was on their site prior to release of ClamAID. Plus a live webinar I attended with ClamAV folks at the end of Dec, personally reassured me that they intended to move forward on the Win Updates. ( Which is why that page out-and-out shocked me. ) Nevermind the fact that a lot of the emulation ports were dieing off because of the 'official' native win32 was easier to utilize. However, all is not lost. If you read the ClamAV site... Nigel Horn has been recently promoted in their organization and it was his efforts that kept the Windows port alive. I've included a recent letter from him to the ClamAV win32 list below, ( just posted ) which claims they will resume support at some (undefined) time in the future. Based on other expectations, probably not until after their main codebase rewrite releases in March of 09. Add deadline extentions etc. and you are probably well into fall. ( Clearly to long to rely on an outdated engine. ) But Nigel seems inclined to enable interested parties to push the ports independantly. Since the other two independant win32 ports do not include the clamd.exe port, Pete and I are in discussion about whether it will be more efficient to take on an ArmResearch port to win32, and throwing out the ClamAV MSI altogether. This would solve a lot of the ClamAID's complexity in fixing the install issues that come with the existing ClamAV MSI and it would get us an updated engine a lot sooner than is likely with the waiting list of upgrades from ClamAV. We'll keep you posted. Andrew Wallo ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <sniffer@sortmonster.com>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <sniffer-...@sortmonster.com> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <sniffer-dig...@sortmonster.com> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <sniffer-in...@sortmonster.com> Send administrative queries to <sniffer-requ...@sortmonster.com>
