Mailing List Archive: change request

change request

Sep 18, 2003, 6:35 PM

Post #1 of 4 (2449 views)

Hi,
I like it if you could repackage some of the inner code so I can call it
with a memory buffer as the source, and have a callback for the output
(which I will direct as I choose)

I could just do this my self to the existing code, but since ripmime it is
still being worked on, I would only have to re do this with each release.

Louis Solomon
www.SteelBytes.com

Re: change request [ In reply to ]

pldaniels at pldaniels

Sep 18, 2003, 6:39 PM

Post #2 of 4 (2365 views)

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> I could just do this my self to the existing code, but since ripmime it is
> still being worked on, I would only have to re do this with each release.

I was planning on rewrapping a lot of the functionality so that it mostly worked on memory buffers - rather than direct
files - so, perhaps, let's see what you are trying to do - and see if that works in with where we're going to go.

Regards.

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Re: change request [ In reply to ]

louis at steelbytes

Sep 18, 2003, 6:50 PM

Post #3 of 4 (2372 views)

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> I was planning on rewrapping a lot of the functionality so that it
> mostly worked on memory buffers - rather than direct files - so,
> perhaps, let's see what you are trying to do - and see if that works
> in with where we're going to go.

great.
I wish to use it to rip apart emails for virus scanning.
I currently am passing emails to Sophos AV using their savi API. but
unfortunately, this doesn't hande slightly strange and non RFC compliant
attachments, and hence misses many virus. so I want to unpack, and then
send to sophos.

Louis Solomon
www.SteelBytes.com

Re: change request [ In reply to ]

pcrooker at orix

Sep 18, 2003, 7:24 PM

Post #4 of 4 (2362 views)

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Hi,

What I do is:

decode the mailpack with ripmime --no-ole (but with tnef decoding)
unzip/arc/gz/whatever if required
ripole to get out any embedded attachments in MS Office files
then scan with antivirus

ripole is a bit primitive currently but is *much* better than nothing.

cheers, Phil

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Louis Solomon [SteelBytes] wrote:

> > I was planning on rewrapping a lot of the functionality so that it
> > mostly worked on memory buffers - rather than direct files - so,
> > perhaps, let's see what you are trying to do - and see if that works
> > in with where we're going to go.
>
> great.
> I wish to use it to rip apart emails for virus scanning.
> I currently am passing emails to Sophos AV using their savi API. but
> unfortunately, this doesn't hande slightly strange and non RFC compliant
> attachments, and hence misses many virus. so I want to unpack, and then
> send to sophos.
>
> Louis Solomon
> www.SteelBytes.com
>
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