AVIRA ANTIVIR UNIX WEBGATE, User Manual

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Configuration
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AntiVir WebGate Avira GmbH
4.1 Overview
Configuration
files
The configuration is defined in two files:
z avupdater.conf is used by all AntiVir programs. This file defines basic settings for
automatic updates and for generating reports in logfiles or by emails. The file is
located in
/etc
.
z avwebgate.conf defines WebGate specific procedures, network configuration,
proxy server integration and the program’s reactions when detecting viruses or
unwanted programs. The file is located in
/etc.
The settings can be made directly in the configuration files. This is not so difficult (see
Configuration Files – Page 34 for their contents), but a comfortable way is using the
script settings or the graphical user interface (GUI), included in the program. These
intercept the eventual errors and restart the necessary processes.
Configuration
script
avupdater.conf can be set using the configuration script /usr/lib/AntiVir/
configantivir
(see Configuration Script – Page 43).
GUI
avwebgate.conf
can be easily configured using the Configuration options in the
graphical user interface- GUI (see Configuring AntiVir WebGate Using the GUI –
Page 62).
4.2 Monitoring HTTP Traffic
WebGate can scan the entire incoming and outgoing HTTP traffic for viruses and
unwanted programs. It can even scan the web-based FTP transfers (FTP over
HTTP). WebGate works with the existing proxy servers and supplements them, but
it can also be set as stand-alone HTTP proxy.
Depending on the network and configuration, there are more possibilities for
setting AntiVir WebGate as "guard" between the Client computer and the Internet.
In all these cases, the user does not have direct connection to the Internet, but
through WebGate.
There are three different configurations:
z WebGate without Proxy Server (Network Configuration 0) – Page 27
z WebGate between Client and Proxy Server (Network Configuration 1) – Page 28
z
WebGate between Proxy Server and Internet (Network Configuration 2) –
Page 29
If you set ports under 1024 during configuration, WebGate has to reboot as root.