On Friday 16 July 2004 8:35 pm, A.R.S. KA9QLQ Alvin Koffman wrote:

> I ran freshclam after getting this email from cron and it said I'm up to
> date. Strange.
>
> ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net host.
> ERROR: Connection with database.clamav.net (IP: ???) failed.
> ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net host.
> ERROR: Connection with database.clamav.net (IP: ???) failed.
> ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net host.
> ERROR: Connection with database.clamav.net (IP: ???) failed.
> run-parts: /etc/cron.hourly/freshclam exited with return code 52
> Alvin

Do you allow TCP port 53 requests from your nameserver?   DNS is not always 
UDP-based, and the request/reply may be too big to fit in a UDP packet, in 
which case the server will use TCP instead.

Regards,

Antony.

-- 
If builders made buildings the way programmers write programs, then the first 
woodpecker to come along would destroy civilisation.

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