Re: Virus Checking - COMPLETELY UNENCUMBERED!
On Thu, 16 May 2002, Richard Braakman wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 12:02:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > Couldn't you just redirect the output to a named pipe in the background,
> > and have the virusscanner scan that named pipe?
>
> Hmm. That would indeed let you scan the entire attachment. But how
> long would it take? And would you really want to let an attachment
> through if it expands into a 2 TB file? That in itself could tickle
> some clients.
Errr... obviously.
(takes a mental note about thinking longer than just a few seconds...)
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