Am Mittwoch, 11. August 2004 13:53 schrieb Bart Silverstrim: Hi Bart,
> the idea does become popular, and clam and other programs out there > start taking advantage of it DNS was developed exactly for this kind of purpose. > ...I don't know about all of you, but I > didn't set up a DNS server on a system meant for constant hits from > other sources querying it Sorry, I dont want to sound impolite but please try to become familiar how DNS works in todays internet. > ; it's just a little system that can handle > the load of a small network and that's pretty much it :-) Your little DNS server will only get queries from you very own clamav installation but not from _anyone_ else. > And what > about systems that restrict querying to certain IPs? ?? This makes no sense. If you system is able to do http with using fqdn then it is also able to use the DNS. > If a service > starts getting abused, that tends to be when (clueful) admins start > taking steps to lock things down; many places with NTP servers, for > example, will host a "public" site until too many people start hitting > and if it starts to become a burden, the time server suddenly > disappears. :-( Typically the DNS load will be put on the ISPs. The ISPs prever _very_ much people using the DNS which is an incoherent or loosly coherent caching and distributed database to permanent polling, multicast or pushing. Funny enough: The protocol ideas you are proposeing are putting _more_ load on the DNS(*) than the direct DNS idea. (*) it is save to assume that your protocol ideas don't use static ip numbers but use DNS to do gethostbyname() resolving. Regards, -- martin Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold e r f r a k o n Erlewein, Frank, Konold & Partner - Beratende Ingenieure und Physiker Nobelstrasse 15, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany fon: 0711 67400963, fax: 0711 67400959 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
