[Mimedefang] clamdscan vs clamd under mimedefang

[Kenneth Irving]

clamdscan requires clamd to be running (obviously), so, why bother
with clamdscan? Use clamd! You always have to update the virus database
and notify clamd through freshclam. The setup is not that complex! And you
can always set mail and clam users to be the same.

best regards
		Kenneth

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Jon R. Kibler wrote:

> Hello all:
>
> Question: Why not run clamdscan instead of clamd under mimedefang?
>
> Observations:
>   1) clamdscan appears to always be at least 2 orders of magnitude faster than clamscan.
>   2) mimedefang running clamdscan does not appear to be significantly faster than mimedefang using clamd via clamd's socket (within the limits of the experiments I could run).
>   3) the setup to run clamdscan under mimedefang is trivial (change
> references to clamscan to be clamdscan) compared to the setup to run
> clamd (running under a different user, getting freshclam to notify it of
> database updates, etc.)
>
> Which brings up another question: Why even offer clamscan as a mimedefang option -- why not just always use clamdscan?
>
> Your thoughts please...
>
> Jon R. Kibler
> Chief Technical Officer
> A.S.E.T., Inc.
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