[clamav-users] Connection Refused error

[Dennis Peterson]

If you are storing your files on a NAS, SAN or de-dupe storage device it can be 
done easily by attaching your central server to those NAS/SAN/de-dupe devices. 
That puts the traffic on the storage backbone rather than your network, and you 
have additional tools available such as snapshots, mirrors, and clones.

If you have to do it over your network then you will require NFS, SAMBA, or 
other file sharing protocol that will allow access to the files to be scanned. 
File ownerships and permissions become very messy. It will be very slow. If the 
dev systems are scattered around the country it will be crazy slow.

dp

On 7/26/16 10:23 AM, Ravi Maddi wrote:
> We are trying to avoid installing clamd in developers workstations and
> instead let the integration server scan email attachments for this web
> application we are building.  Is there any configuration change that lets
> my integration server scan file(s)?  We can enable ports if needed within
> the organization.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Ravi
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Dennis Peterson <dennispe at inetnw.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Your previous post showed your clamd instance is bound to the loopback
>> interface and as such other systems cannot connect. But even if they could
>> what would they do? You surely don't want to ship whole file systems across
>> your network for scanning, do you? That would also be required if you wish
>> to scan email attachments. It can be done (think NFS) but the network
>> traffic may surprise you.
>>
>> dp
>>
>> On 7/25/16 1:17 PM, Ravi Maddi wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Dennis,
>>> I am trying to connect to a Clam AV running on a separate linux box...and
>>> if there is some configuration I have to do to connect?  Or, Clam AV even
>>> allows that?
>>>
>>> The fact that you take `hostname` parameter makes me think it's possible.
>>> But, I am getting connection refused error.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Ravi
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Ravi Maddi <ravindra.maddi at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you Dennis for your swift response.  Yes, I got PONG as the
>>>> response.
>>>>
>>>> We are looking into firewall settings.  Appreciate your swift response.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Ravi
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Dennis Peterson <dennispe at inetnw.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Try a simple test of the clamd connection with:
>>>>> echo "PING" | nc localhost 3310
>>>>>
>>>>> It should return "PONG". If it does your problem is not related to
>>>>> clamd.
>>>>>
>>>>> dp
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/25/16 7:44 AM, Ravi Maddi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Al,
>>>>>> I am new to clamav.  I am able to install it on RHEL AWS environment
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> enabled it to run on port 3310.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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