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Re: [Clamav-devel] Bytecode interpreter
From: G.W. Haywood <clamav-devel_at_nospam>Date: Thu Mar 11 2010 - 13:29:16 GMT
To: clamav-devel@lists.clamav.net
Hi there,
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 David F. Skoll wrote:
> I noticed the announcement of the bytecode interpreter in the 0.96-rc1
> announcement.
> ...
> Why do we need the bytecode interpreter? Can we disable it if we decide
> the cons outweigh the pros?
I was about to write something along these lines when Mr. Skoll's post
arrived. The very idea of a bytecode interpreter in ClamAV gives me
the creeps. It sounds like a whole bunch of vulnerabilities waiting
to happen. I'd like to add my voice to those who want an easy way to
disable it - I can see nothing in the clamd.conf man page for 0.96-rc1
which offers any solace.
In the same man page there are a couple of small formatting errors in
the bold attributes for LocalSocketGroup and LocalSocketMode.
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