Linux antivirus gateway

David Bandel david.bandel
Fri May 6 07:47:43 PDT 2005


On 5/5/05, Chong Yu Meng <chongym at cymulacrum.net> wrote:
> Thanks to all for the informative replies!
> 
> I found what I was looking for in ClamAV + SafeSquid configured as a
> Transparent Proxy! There is even a write-up on how to setup Transparent
> Proxying here : http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/TransparentProxy.html
> 
> Interesting what Linux can be configured to do !

To run squid, you really need a dedicated machine with lots of
resources (RAM, fast CPU).  If you're going to run all traffic through
a virus checker to boot, double that (and expect _slooooowww_ response
times).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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