Scan from link settings

Scan from link settings are accessible under Settings > Security tab .

This settings is apply for the header downloadfrom when scanning file via API POST /file

• Max download queue:

  • Determines the number of total concurrent requests that can be downloaded at a time.
  • Range: [1-1000]
  • Default: 500
  • Info: If your system has poor internet speed, you should decrease this number or if you have a decent internet speed, you might want to increase the setting. This setting depends on your network.
  • Note: this setting only applies to total concurrent download requests, and it is different from the total scan queue in Setting -> General > Queue size

• Enforce scan from link validation:

• • Enable this setting will make Metadefender Core validate the links from "downloadfrom" header.
  • Default: disable
  • Validation type: Blocklist or Allowlist
  • Patterns: Regular Expression patterns