Re: [vps-mail] ClamAV Warning

[Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 09:03:20PM -0500, Jerry Gapinski - Acuity Creative wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The 'make deinstall && make reinstall' procedure worked great for me.
> However, it deleted my mirrors.txt file. I looked in the backup directory
> and found the file & copied to live directory. Based on a previous email
> from Scott, I added: clamav-du.securesites.net to the file.

It appears that freshclam for 0.70 doesn't read the mirrors.txt file
any longer, rather it gets it from /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf,
which, unfortunately, only allows for one entry.

So, here are your options:

- put in clamav-du.securesites.net (or clamav-sj, if you're in the San
  Jose, Ca. datacenter)
- leave the default: database.clamav.net

Here are the pros and cons of each:

Using *.securesites.net:
- pro: very fast updates, one of the most reliable mirrors (this is
  hosted on a VPS v2). Reduces overall Internet traffic.
- con: _if_ this goes down, you won't get updates at all

Using database.clamav.net:
- pro: reliable, will almost never fail
- con: may be slow, may be fast; guaranteed to be slower than the
  mirror in the datacenter (though sometimes you will get the mirror
  in the datacenter). Will consume considerable b/w (though you don't
  pay for it directly).

Things to consider: speed and bandwidth aren't really important,
reliability is most important.

I'm going to still use the *.securesites.net mirrors for my own
accounts (I'm the mirror maintainer, so I'm going to eat my own dog
food here), but I think I'll probably recommend most folks just use
the default database.clamav.net for now until I can get this sorted
out with the clamav folks.

Summary: after upgrading to 0.70, the mirrors.txt file is no longer
used by freshclam. The new configuration file is
/usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf. There are also some new configuration
options for clamd (if you're running clamd). I can't recommend clamd
yet, though I've heard it is much more stable in this release.

Scott
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Scott Wiersdorf
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