The Linux/Unix AntiVirus Project is replaced by The OpenAntiVirus Project.

The Linux/Unix Anti Virus Project

in addition to client-based virus protection
protect your Windows(R) clients
with open source solutions on your server(s)

Not much in here :-) Please read the stuff below and look at the new project homepage at SourceForge. I would invite you to subscribe to the mailing lists :-) Thanks. You may join also #LAVP on irc.linux.com / irc.openprojects.net

What is it about?

Well, you consider client/server-based virus protection as "state-of-the-art"? You're running Linux, *BSD servers and Windows(R) clients? You want ...

• to stop infected eMail attachments and mail worms directly at your eMail gateway/server
• to stop active content and infected files from being dowloaded via HTTP or FTP
• to stop infected files being distributed via your SAMBA file server
• a web-based, remote and centralised management
• a documentation/how-to to get all that stuff working

then you know, what this project is about!

Tasks ...

virus scanning / content filtering at the eMail server/gateway

• projects: AMaViS, mailchecker, Protector, scan4virus (the maintainers/developers joined lavp-mailgateway)
• related projects: Sendmail::Milter, see also more tools in the Mini-FAQ below
• mailing list (for technical discussion): lavp-mailgateway
• status: in development / progress

on-acces virus scanning with SAMBA

• project(s): -
• mailing list: -
• status: notyet started
• goal: providing on-access virus scanning with SAMBA
• note: it's also possible to provide a "system-wide" protection via a kernel module and a running daemon. The "event module" out of the openxdsm project may be a good basis for such a purpose.

virus scanning / content filtering at the HTTP/FTP proxy

• project(s): - (could be TARPIT)
• related projects: httpf, muffin, WebFilter
• mailing list: - (some stuff was discussed in lavp-general)
• status: not yet started
• goal: stopping acitve content and malicious code at the proxy server

web-based management

• project: - (writing module(s) for Webmin ...)
• related project: Webmin
• mailing list: -
• status: not yet started
• goal: providing (remote) web-based, centralized management

how-to(s) / documentation

• project: -
• related project: Mini-FAQ antivirus software for Linux/Unix (see below)
• mailing list: -
• status: not yet started
• goal: providing all the needed information to set-up server-based virus protection

NOTE: All stuff above is more or less based on commercial virus scanner(s). Anyone interested in writing/maintaining a GNU AntiVirus package?

IMPORTANT: We are currently looking for developers and technical writers. So, as a first step if you're interested please join our mailing lists

Looking for an Anti-Virus product/content filtering tool for Linux, *BSD or other Unices?

Mini-FAQ Anti Virus Software for Linux/Unix (english, hosted at SourceForge, USA)
Mini-FAQ Anti Virus Software for Linux/Unix (english, hosted at University of Applied Sciences, Furtwangen, Germany)
Mini-FAQ Anti Virus Software for Linux/Unix (german, hosted at SourceForge, USA)
Mini-FAQ Anti Virus Software for Linux/Unix (german, hosted at University of Applied Sciences, Furtwangen, Germany)

Latest stuff can be found in CVS.

The slides for my talk about virus protection with Linux/Unix at LinuxTag 2000 (Stuttgart/Germany) [currently only available in german]

HTMLized, 800x600 (zipped)
HTMLized, 1024x768 (zipped)

Listen to the talk (MP3 file, don't know if this one is an official recording, language: german, size: approx 16 MB)

Credits
Thanks to SuSE Germany for funding my work on this project.
Thanks to Frank Ziemann for the LAVP logo

Contact: Rainer Link
eMail: link at suse.de
Web: http://rainer.w3.to/