Using ORDS (Apex Listener) with ICAP virus scanning [message #626134] |
Tue, 21 October 2014 03:52  |
John Watson
Messages: 8966 Registered: January 2010 Location: Global Village
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I'm looking at enabling virus scanning for file uploads into APEX. I can't find any decent description of how to configure it in the docs (which may be because I haven't found the correct doc). If anyone is using it or can point me in the right direction, that would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
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Re: Using ORDS (Apex Listener) with ICAP virus scanning [message #626138 is a reply to message #626137] |
Tue, 21 October 2014 04:26   |
John Watson
Messages: 8966 Registered: January 2010 Location: Global Village
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Sorry about the acronyms. ORDS is the Oracle REST Data Server (where REST is something like Representational State Transition) which is just the re-badging of the Apex Listener: that Java HTTP listener that we are meant to deploy to WebLogic for publishing APEX apps. ICAP is Internet Content something-or-other, it's a protocol that lets your application server pass docs to external services (typically virus scanners) for processing.
I'll have a look OTN. But I hate it.
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Re: Using ORDS (Apex Listener) with ICAP virus scanning [message #629291 is a reply to message #629231] |
Fri, 05 December 2014 15:21  |
John Watson
Messages: 8966 Registered: January 2010 Location: Global Village
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I haven't done this yet (no commitment from the client) but it looks straightforward.
As far as I can see, ICAP for virus scan can be set up in ORDS from release 2.x. I can't find any documentation describing the set up, other than setting the host:port of the ICAP service in the ORDS configuration file. If it works the way I've seen it in another environments, you need to be running a virus scanning service configured for ICAP somewhere and then the submission of files to the ICAP server will be automatic. I expect APEX would need to handle whatever return code it sends.
I was intending to write this up as a blog here when I've done it. If you get there first, please do so! nd keep this topic updated.
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