Re: [SAGE] HTTP proxy w/ Virus protection

["Jeff Falgout" <jfalgout@ogov.net>]

John Reddy said:
> I'm looking for advice on HTTP proxy servers for our user community.
> We have a squid installation running on Debian Linux, and currently
> use squidGuard for content filtering.  The environment is several P4
> Xeons serving a community of about 3000 users.  My goal is to get
> Virus filtering and hostile java protection pushed to out to the
> proxies (in addition to desktop protections... there's never enough
> protection).
>
> Does anyone have a product or products they recommend (or simply point
> me in the direction of) that could work within that framework?  I'm
> not opposed to swapping out software packages, but we've got the
> standard "nearly-nonexistent" budget.
>
> -John Reddy
>


I've used DansGuardin [0] with the antivirus plugin [1] in front of a
squid proxy to effectively scan http traffic at my previous employer. One
dual Xeon with 4 GB memory running RHEL3, DansGuardian with the AV plugin
(using the ClamAV libraries) and Squid handled a 10MB pipe with 3000 users
just fine.

Jeff

[0]: http://dansguardian.org/
[1]: http://www.harvest.com.br/asp/afn/dg.nsf