From 8544e77a6ed430f7063162906c449f1353d72e58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Pennock Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:13:29 +0000 Subject: ClamAV INSTREAM scanning by default, unless built with WITH_OLD_CLAMAV_STREAM. New command-line option, -bmalware (restricted to admin_user). Fixes: #926 --- doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/doc-txt/NewStuff') diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index c2c49379f..c4d38fd4f 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.167 2010/06/05 10:04:43 pdp Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.168 2010/06/05 11:13:29 pdp Exp $ New Features in Exim -------------------- @@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ Version 4.73 so that safety mechanism would have to be overriden for this option to be able to take effect. + 3. ClamAV 0.95 is now required for ClamAV support in Exim, unless + Local/Makefile sets: WITH_OLD_CLAMAV_STREAM=yes + Note that this switches Exim to use a new API ("INSTREAM") and a future + release of ClamAV will remove support for the old API ("STREAM"). + + The av_scanner option, when set to "clamd", now takes an optional third + part, "local", which causes Exim to pass a filename to ClamAV instead of + the file content. This is the same behaviour as when clamd is pointed at + a Unix-domain socket. For example: + + av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.3 1234:local + + 4. There is now a -bmalware option, restricted to admin users. This option + takes one parameter, a filename, and scans that file with Exim's + malware-scanning framework. This is intended purely as a debugging aid + to ensure that Exim's scanning is working, not to replace other tools. + Version 4.72 ------------ -- cgit v1.2.3