ARM Research Labs Sniffer Plugin for CommuniGate Pro Download the Sniffer Plugin Installation Installing on a MS Windows 200x/NT/XP/9x System Installing on a Linux System Installing on a FreeBSD or OpenBSD System Upgrading to a newer version Configuring the Sniffer Plugin Configuring the Sniffer Plugin Testing the Sniffer Plugin Command line options Integrating the Sniffer Plugin with CommuniGate Pro Updating the spam definitions database

Note: The ARM Research Labs Sniffer Plugin is available only for some platforms supported with the CommuniGate Pro server software. Before you order the Sniffer Plugin License, make sure that the available versions of the Sniffer Plugin software run on your CommuniGate Pro Server platform.

Note: The ARM Research Labs Sniffer Plugin requires CommuniGatePro version 5.2.3 or later.

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Download the ARM Research Labs Sniffer Plugins

ARM Research Labs Sniffer antispam plugins are available for certain platforms only.

Operating System	CPU	Download
		via http	via ftp
Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP Microsoft Windows 95/98	x86
Linux Kernel 2.6 (stdc++ library version = 6.0)	x86
FreeBSD 7.x	x86
OpenBSD 4.3	x86

The current version of the Plugin is 0.1.0.

The current version of the ARM Research Labs Sniffer Engine is 3.0.11.

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Upgrading to a newer version.

When upgrading the Plugin to a newer version, do the following steps:

• Stop the current copy of the plugin application via CommuniGate Pro WebAdmin interface.
• Install and configure the new version of the Plugin as described above in this document.

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Installing on a MS Windows 200x/NT/XP/9x System.

• Open the command-line interface window and change the current directory to the CommuniGate Pro base directory.
• Use any "unzip"-type tool to unpack the CGPSNF-Win32-Intel.zip file. The CGPSNF directory will be created inside the base directory.
• Proceed with Configuring the Sniffer Plugin.

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Installing on a Linux System.

• Log in as a super-user (root).
• Change the current directory to the CommuniGate Pro base directory.
• Unpack the Plugin archive with the gtar command (or with the gunzip and tar commands):
    gunzip CGPSNF-FreeBSD-Intel.tar.gz
    tar -xf CGPSNF-FreeBSD-Intel.tar
  The CGPSNF directory will be created inside the base directory.
• Proceed with Configuring the Sniffer Plugin.

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Installing on a FreeBSD or OpenBSD System.

• Log in as a super-user (root).
• Change the current directory to the CommuniGate Pro base directory.
• Unpack the Plugin archive with the gtar command (or with the gunzip and tar commands):
    gunzip CGPSNF-FreeBSD-Intel.tar.gz
    tar -xf CGPSNF-FreeBSD-Intel.tar
  The CGPSNF directory will be created inside the base directory.
• Proceed with Configuring the Sniffer Plugin.

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Configuring the Sniffer Plugin.

In the module directory (/var/CommuniGate/CGPSNF on a Linux or Linux-like system):

• Copy the configuration file
    snf_engine.xml.sample
  to
    snf_engine.xml
  and customize as needed. Please see the ARM Research Labs web site for documentation on the snf_engine.xml configuration file.
  
• Copy
    identity.xml.sample
  to
    identity.xml
  and edit to include the license ID and authentication attributes of the <identity> element.
  
• Copy
    getRulebase.sample
  to
    getRulebase.xml
  and edit to include the license ID and authentication:
  • Change the line
      AUTHENTICATION=authenticationxx
    to
      AUTHENTICATION=YOUR_AUTHENTICATION
    where YOUR_AUTHENTICATION is authentication code obtained from ARM Research Labs.
  • Change the line
      LICENSE_ID=licenseid
    to
      LICENSE_ID=YOUR_LICENSE_ID
    where YOUR_LICENSE_ID is license ID obtained from ARM Research Labs.
  
  
• Copy
    GBUdbIgnoreList.sample
  to
    GBUdbIgnoreList
  and customize as needed. Please see the ARM Research Labs web site for documentation on the GBUdbIgnoreList file.
  
• Download the Sniffer database:
  • Create the file UpdateReady.txt in the plugin directory:
      touch UpdateReady.txt
    
  • Run the getRulebase script in the plugin directory:
      getRulebase
    This downloads the Sniffer database to the plugin directory.
  The CGPSNF program automatically updates the Sniffer database as needed.
• Proceed with Testing the Sniffer Plugin.

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Testing the Sniffer Plugin.

On Windows System:

On a Unix System:

• Change to the module directory:
    cd /var/CommuniGate/CGPSNF
  
• Launch the CGPSNF application by typing:
    ./CGPSNF snf_engine.xml
  It will report the Plugin version number and build date.
  
• Type:
    1 FILE junkmsg.txt
  the plugin should report that the file is spam.
• Quit CGPSNF by typing Ctrl-D.

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Command Line Options

The Sniffer Plugin supports the following command-line option (parameters):

snf_engine.xml

This option tells the Plugin to read the snf_engine.xml configuration file.

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Integrating the Sniffer Plugin with CommuniGate Pro.

Open the General page in the Settings section of the WebAdmin Interface and click the Helpers link. Create the Helper as follows:

The recommended Scanning Rule is as follows: