Serv-U MFT Server running on Red Hat Linux 6.8
How do I config Serv-U to scan each in coming file for Virus ?
Is anyone doing this ?
I've done this two ways (not necessarily on RHEL).
1) If you're dealing mostly with smallish (<50MB) files, get a real-time anti-virus scanner. That will hold the files in a quarantine until they are scanned and released to the OS (including Serv-U).
2) If you want to scan the files yourself, you will need a bit more of a workflow. First, you'll need a landing zone for your files (the incoming folder), a file upload event to launch a script, and a script to scan the files (usually using a command-line AV API) and then move the ones that pass into a clean folder (where your internal processes can get them) or delete them (if a virus was found).
"Are you a Certified File Transfer Professional (CFTP) yet?"
Good Morning Jonathan, Thank you for responding to my cry for help.
Is there any instructions for option 1, I am going to install Micro Trends Virus on my Linux server. Does the Virus s/w grab all incoming file upload first before letting
Serv-U deposit it into the users Home Directory ?
No I am not a CFTP, I am a Contractor , The Hospital I work for spends no $$$ on us.
Michael.
Yes, any modern "real time" virus scanner will stand in front of applications trying to access local files under after it scans them. That applies to Serv-U too.
The one place you need to watch carefully might be enormous files (e.g., >1GB). Different virus scanners behave differently once you start working with files that large, and you may encounter fatal-to-session timeouts within the application waiting for scans to complete.
Ok I will watch for large files. Trend Micro allowed me to config for in and out going files and running process to be scanned.
