Adding virus module to XOOPS

[Chappy]

I am trying to add a virus module to my XOOPS site. The virus module (which collects its data from trendmicro.com is asking in its configuration setup for the Hostname/IP , the Port , and the "Proxy auth username/password". This is all in the proxy section. I'm not really clear on proxies, if the module on my site is asking for my username/password for the site, and what the port might be. I have submitted the question to the module creator, but I figure that the folks who are familiar with Jaguar would be better able to advise me about what is being asked for here. Also, they say that the php.ini file may need to be modified - "php.ini uncomment extension=php_curl.dll" (which I understand can't be done).

Thanks for any help...

[jason]

The curl module is already installed on at least most (probably all) of the servers, so you won't have to worry about php.ini. As for the rest of the stuff, I'd say its asking for the proxy setup info, but the JPC servers aren't behind a proxy, so you probably don't have to worry about those settings. A proxy works by redirecting all of your traffic through a specific port on a proxy server. So hostname would be the name of that server and port would be the port to route through. The username and password would be to authenticate with the proxy.

This is my guess, and i can't say for certain what to do without seeing the code, but I'd say its probably OK to leave all of those things blank.

--Jason

[Chappy]

Thanks, Jason, for your always helpful responses. It still is unclear to me what the designer of the mod intended and how he hoped this mod would work. I tink until it's a little clearer, I'll forgo installing it.

I fought with it for the last couple of hours and wan't able to make it go, so I'm pretty much done with it until it gets a little further along in design.

Again, thanks!

[Vin DSL]

Um... I suppose you tried (your domain name) and port 80, and left all the proxy stuff blank, right?

What exactly does this module do?

[Vin DSL]

Okay, never mind. I found it. Here's the config file:

<?php
$block['risk']='false';
$block['pattern']='false';
$block['updated']='false';
$block['showHoaxesLink']='false';
$block['showFreeScanLink']='false';
$block['showFreeAlertsLink']='false';
$block['showMapLink']='true';
$block['showPatternLink']='true';
$block['showEngineLink']='true';
$block['trend']='false';
$block['username']='';
$block['password']='';
$block['hostname']='';
$block['port']='';
$block['proxy']='';
$block['showAlert']='automatic';
$block['topCount']='5';
$block['advisoryCount']='10';
$block['search']='false';
$block['audience']='corp';
$block['Submit']='Save';
?>

Looks like you need an account on TrendMicro to me to access their data. I'll go check it out some more...

[Vin DSL]

Might want to check this out...

http://www.trendmicro.com/syndication/vinfo/

[Vin DSL]

All it is is a XML/RSS feed. I don't know why you need all that info in your config file. Maybe it's something specific to XOOP to keep ppl from doing a XSS number on you. I'm a Nuker. We don't care about security. LoL! Good luck!

[Chappy]

VinDSL,
I'll give your suggestion a try.

As you mentioned, I did try the domain name and port 80 (don't know why I chose that except that I've heard other people mention port 80 in other circumstances ( ), but I'm not sure if I left out the auth information (probably tried to put in my hosting ID or something).

Anyway, I did sign up for the service from Trend before I posted, but I may not have noticed their auth info in the e-mail they sent. I'll go back through the info they sent.

Thanks for the effort you went to. Appreciate it bunches!