HAVP Antivirus with different scanners

Rossi

Hello community,

I am new to pfsense. I was using ipcop for a long time, also contributing some addons to it but I was missing some functions which pfsense offers… so it was time to switch!

First package I’ve tried was the havp antivirus package which looks quite nice but it is a bit smaller in function than the “copfilter” package I’ve used with ipcop. One thing I miss is the option to enable different virus scanners like AVG, Sophos, Avira, etc… I was already able to get AVG working but without a real integration into the HAVP package its only good for some testing.
Now I would like to get the support into the package but I don’t really know how the development here works. How can I find out whom I have to contact for the package? Is there any public contact list?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Rossi

dvserg

Now normally used сlamd The possibility of using other vendors not implemented.

Rossi

Yes of course but i would like to add support for different vendors.

dvserg

@Rossi:

Yes of course but i would like to add support for different vendors.

This will require a large rework of package.

Rossi

Why? The configuration changes are minimal. It took me only half an hour to get the avg scanner working. Only the gui must be changed a bit more.

marcelloc

@Rossi:

Why? The configuration changes are minimal. It took me only half an hour to get the avg scanner working. Only the gui must be changed a bit more.

take a look on package source and see if you can help including these options

https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-packages/tree/master/config/havp

Rossi

OK, thats actually what I was looking for but I wasn’t sure where to start. Thx!

dvserg

Another type of antivirus has a different behavior in management. This requires a change management model. Maybe your idea will be implemented, but this requires a modular approach. I am not yet ready to begin such work, until I finish the current work.

Rossi

Well, a quick hack is done in a few minutes but of course I would prefer a real integration. The only problem I see is that it might need regular updates because as far as I can say the linux/netbsd scanners of the different third party av scanners look like changing a lot. Due to the licence problem it might also need the users to install it using the ssh console. Not perfect but… I wouldn’t mind as long as it works once the installation is done.