John R Pierce wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I've been thinking about using CentOS on a Dell R200 server and turn >> it into a firewall / network monitor / traffic shaper in our >> datacentre, instead of using a dedicated firewall device. >> >> One of the devices that I have been looking at, with my limited >> budget, is the D-Link DFL 860 - >> http://www.netdefend.eu/Product.aspx?m=15&ref=DFL-860 >> >> It provides AV, SPI, VPN, DOS, P2P, etc protection. Most of this can >> be done with Linux as well, but I'm not 100% sure about the AV part. >> >> How will I use / setup CentOS to check all traffic coming in & out >> (HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, etc) for virusses and clean them? We host >> both Windows & Linux servers, and I'm not too worried about the Linux >> servers, but Windows needs a lot of extra protection. >> > > well, pop/imap shouldn't need any virus scanning, that would be > handled at the SMTP transfer layer, by something like MailScanner + > ClamAV (I've used this combination), or spamassassin+clamav, and others. > > http virus scanning can be done by using Squid as a transparent web > proxy agent and squid plugins. I've never attempted this myself, so I > can't give you the exact recipe. > _______________________________________________ I'm actually looking todo this on the network layer, rather than the software layer. Is this possible with Linux? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff