On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 15:14:06 +0200 Jacek Zapala <ja...@it.pl> wrote: > * Török Edwin (ed...@clamav.net) [101004 14:45] wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:31:21 +0200 > > Jacek Zapala <ja...@it.pl> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > Starting from the last upgrade (0.96.3 on debian) freshclam > > > randomly chooses between ipv6/ipv4 connecting to the name that > > > has addresses in both protocols. > > > > > > freshclam uses getaddrinfo() for resolving mirror dns name > > > (wwwconnect in manager.c), but then it randomizes the list > > > returned as a result. This way it breaks the algorithm of ipv6 > > > address selection from rfc3484 implemented in getaddrinfo(). > > > > It is not intended to mix IPv4 and IPv6. It should be possible to > > randomize only IPv4 and IPv6 separately. > > > > Is the problem that your IPv6 link is slower than IPv4, or that you > > don't have an IPv6 connection at all? > > No, I have good IPv6 connection to my local mirror > clamavmirror.ipartners.pl, but I found it strange to behave randomly. > > And sometimes it's better to choose IPv6 address over the IPv4 one, > but this is not always true. > > I know we currently setup freshclam to use either IPv6 address set > (db.ipv6.clamav.net) or the IPv4 one, but I think some day we will > just add IPv6 addresses to db.<country>.clamav.net and leave making > the decision up to the operating system (and getaddrinfo). > > > See this: > > https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2021#c1 > > Should randomizing only IPv4 addresses be the solution?
Probably yes, please open a bug and mark it as enhancement. Best regards, --Edwin _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
