Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6.48.0 MP1 CF5 - RELEASE NOTES ================================================================================ Version released: (07/07/11) Contents: * Fixes * Brief product overview * System requirements * Installing, uninstalling and updating the product * Existing problems and their solutions * Contact information Fixes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Debian x64 6.0.2 support added * MMS-servers compatibility improved Brief product overview -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.6 for Linux Mail Server protects mail traffic and file system of servers under Linux or FreeBSD operating systems and integrates with Sendmail (via Milter API), Postfix, qmail or Exim mail systems. Application features are implemented using the modules and filters embedded in different MTAs. The filter receives a message from the mail system and sends it to the central application service for scanning. The central service scans the message according to the settings set in the configuration file. After checking and processing the message, it is sent to the filter. The processed message with notifications on scan and treatment results is sent to the mailing system. System requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardware requirements for mail server with 200 MB daily traffic: * Processor: Intel Pentium IV 3GHz or higher; * 1 GB RAM; * 200 MB free disk space (this volume does not include space, required for storing backup copies of messages). Software requirements: 1. One of the following 32-bit operating systems: * Red Hat Enterprise Server Linux 5.2; * Fedora 9; * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2; * openSUSE Linux 11.0; * Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r4; * Mandriva Corporate Server 4.0; * Ubuntu 8.04.1 Server Edition; * FreeBSD 6.3, 7.0. One of the following 64-bit operating systems: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.2; * Fedora 9; * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2; * openSUSE Linux 11.0; * Debian 6.0.2; 2. One of the following mail systems: * Sendmail 8.12.x or higher; * qmail 1.03; * Postfix 2.x; * Postfix 2.4.x+ (for integration via milter interface); * Exim 4.x. (for "exim" integration post-queue); * Exim 4.51+ (for "exim-dlfunc" integration, i.e. via a dynamically loaded library ); 3. Linux/FreeBSD utilities: awk, grep, sed; 4. Perl 5.0 or higher; 5. Webmin application (www.webmin.com), if you plan to manage Kaspersky Anti-Virus remotely; 6. NET-SNMP 5.2.1.2 or higher, if you plan to use SNMP. Installing, uninstalling and updating the product -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For product installation (in case previous version is not installed) use the following commands, depending on operating system: for Linux/RPM: rpm -U .rpm for Linux/Debian: dpkg -i .deb for FreeBSD: pkg_add .tgz To uninstall the application, use the following commands, depending on operating system: for Linux/RPM: rpm -e for Linux/Debian: dpkg -r (without removing configuration files) or dpkg -P (deleting all files) for FreeBSD: pkg_delete Upgrading form Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6.26.3, 5.6.38.1 and 5.6.39.2: If you have Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6.26.3, 5.6.38.1 or 5.6.39.2 installed on your computer and it is integrated with Qmail or Exim via dl_func, or the computer runs FreeBSD operating system, then it is required to uninstall the application first, using the following commands depending on your operating system: for Linux/RPM: rpm -e for Linux/Debian: dpkg -r (without removing configuration files) for FreeBSD: pkg_delete and install the current version performing the steps for product installation as if this product has not been previously installed on this computer. In case you have been using other operating systems and/or integration methods you can upgrade using the following commands, depending on operating system: for Linux/RPM: rpm -U .rpm for Linux/Debian: dpkg -i .deb Updating from other versions: You can upgrade Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.5 for Linux and FreeBSD Mail Servers MP2 CF1 (5.5.33.0) and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.6 for Sendmail with Milter API Critical Fix 2 (5.6.20.2) installed on the server to Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6 application. You can use your license key from the previous application versions with Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6. It is recommended to implement upgrades in the following way: 1. Stop MTA and the previous version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus. 2. Uninstall the previous version in the way described in the corresponding Administrator's Guide. In the Webmin module is installed, uninstall it using the Webmin administration tools. 3. Install Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6 in a way described in the supplied Administrator's Guide. After launching the script, you will be asked to convert the format of settings in the configuration files from the previous version to the current one. 4. Verify the resulting configuration file. Existing issues and their solutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 30100 Content filtering can be applied only to the smallest parts of a message. It means that you can delete only a part that coincides by content-type, but not all parts of a message. Consequently, if content filtering rule coincides with any part similar to 'message/*' and 'multipart/*', the action will not be performed and a warning message will be added to the report. * 38728 The kavscanner utility uses the full file path, so if there are too many subdirectories, an error message appears due to line length restrictions. The full file path should not exceed 4096 bytes. Objects located in deep nesting levels, will not be scanned. * 40009 The kavscanner utility cannot scan files of some types, if these files' size exceeds 2 GB. * 40835 After Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server integration with Sendmail, Kaspersky Anti-Spam 3.0 loses integration. After installation it is recommended to integrate Kaspersky Anti-Spam again. * 40853 After integrating some Exim versions with Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server via dl_func failures may happen. It is connected with Exim error. For more information, please refer to http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=713. * 41317 Unable to receive data via SNMP when reloading the databases. Contact information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Support Service: http://www.kaspersky.com/helpdesk.html General information: info@kaspersky.com (C) 1997-2011 Kaspersky Lab ZAO. All Rights Reserved.