Defining Profile Configuration Parameters and MIME Types

Use

You want to define profile configuration parameters for scanning MIME types for a specific virus scan profile. These parameters are used to define for scanner groups the MIME types that are taken into account when scanning a component.

Prerequisites

You have created virus scan profiles and scanner groups.

Procedure

The MIME types are only evaluated if you have activated the Evaluate profile configuration parameters indicator. The profile configuration parameter CUST_CHECK_MIME_TYPE defines how external virus scanners handle MIME types.

In the MIME Types section, you can define MIME types for the selected virus scan profile. The MIME types correspond to the standards RFC 2045 and RFC 2046. Depending on the parameter, they are interpreted either as a negative list or as a positive list. In this way, you can define which file types and MIME types are permitted by the external virus scanner.

Enter the MIME types as follows:

  1. Choose the MIME Types section.

  2. Enter the MIME types as follows:

    Syntax

    Example

    Description

    <media type>/<subtype>

    image/png

    A particular MIME type.

    <media type>/*

    audio/*

    All subtypes of a particular media type.

    */*

    */*

    All MIME types.

  3. Save your entries.

More Information

For more information, see Delivered Parameters and Evaluating MIME Types .