Dr.Web Mail Security Suite Components

For the protection of Unix mail servers, the following components are provided:

General

Dr.Web MailD

Component for scanning email messages. Analyzes the messages of email protocols, sorts out email messages and prepares them for scanning for threats. It can operate in two modes:

as a filter for mail servers (Sendmail, Postfix and so on) connected via the Milter, Spamd or Rspamd interface;

as a transparent proxy of mail protocols (SMTP, POP3 and IMAP). Uses SpIDer Gate in this mode.

Dr.Web Anti-Spam Engine

Component for scanning email messages for spam. It is used by Dr.Web MailD, can be excluded from Dr.Web Mail Security Suite on the station.

SpIDer Gate

Component for scanning network traffic and URLs. It is designed for scanning for threats all data downloaded to a local host from the network and sent from it to an external network. The component prevents from connecting to network hosts covered by the unwanted categories of web resources and black lists created by the system administrator.

It is used by Dr.Web MailD in transparent proxy mode for mail protocols (SMTP, POP3 and IMAP).

info

The component is supplied only with the distributions designed for GNU/Linux OSes.

Dr.Web ClamD

Component emulating interface of ClamAV® anti-virus product. Enables all applications that support ClamAV® to use Dr.Web Mail Security Suite for anti-virus scanning.

Quarantine

Used by for isolating malicious and suspicious objects.

Service

Dr.Web Agent for Unix

Used for interaction of Dr.Web Mail Security Suite installed on the station with Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite.

File Checker

Used by the Console Scanner to pass files to Scanning Engine for scanning and to manage Quarantine on the station.

Network Checker

Used to pass data sent over the network by the components of the software suite to the Scanning Engine for scanning. The component is used by all general components.

Scanning Engine

Used by File Checker and Network Checker for anti-virus scan and virus database management.

SNMP Agent

The component is designed for integration of Dr.Web Mail Security Suite with external monitoring systems via the SNMP protocol.

Dr.Web ConfigD

Coordinates operation of all Dr.Web Mail Security Suite components.

Dr.Web CloudD

Component receiving information from the cloud service about whether visited URLs and transferred files are dangerous.

Dr.Web HTTPD

Web server for managing Dr.Web Mail Security Suite components. Provides the management web interface.