RE: [squid-users] SQUID + ANTIVIRUS

This is trend's preferred method of implementation.

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Nordström [mailto:hno@marasystems.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2002 11:35 PM
To: Erick Arturo Perez; 'Rohit Peyyeti'; squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] SQUID + ANTIVIRUS

Erick Arturo Perez wrote:

> Can this be possible?
> - HTTP -> ANTIVIRUS -> SQUID (without SQUID loosing where the request
> came from)

To Squid it will look as if all request came from the ANTIVIRUS proxy.

> Is that your squid cache can maintain copies of virus infected files in
> its cache. The ISVW will stop them from entering your network, but until
> the object expires you can be fetching a virus-infected file.

Indeed a problem, and is why some people run a setup like the following to
get
good access controls and logging combined with virus scanning and caching.

Clients -> Squid without cache -> Antivirus -> Squid cache -> Internet

Regards
Henrik

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