Re: Software/Personal Firewall and Anti-Virus Integration

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Date: 10/28/02


Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 07:53:57 +0300


somone@earth.universe wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We're building an HTTP client application that will run on a low spec.
> windows based PC with internet access through a dial-up ISP. We're
> intending to use a software/personal firewall to protect the PC but also
> require that downloaded files be virus scanned. My understanding is that
> a software firewall is a layer within the TCP stack that can be
> configured to only allow certain protocols on certain ports.
>
> My question: is there a software firewall that is, or can be, integrated
> with anti-virus software, so that the downloaded files are virus scanned
> before they are received by our HTTP client ? If not I assume it will be
> the responsibility of our HTTP client software to initiate a scan on the
> downloaded files ?
>
> Cheers
> P

What Platform are you running?
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