On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 at 16:48:44 -0400, Mike Robinson wrote: > Ok, so we can't do that, but can you suggest a better method than > running freshclam every hour? I would think that the clamav development > team would be interested in doing a "push" to sites that wanted them, > because these are probably the same sites that update on an hourly basis > right now.
There will be a new method implemented in freshclam, based on DNS entries with short TTLs. Whenever the entry changes, freshclam will try to update database. You can read the thread "Idea for more timely virusdb updates" and especially the following message: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Idea for more timely virusdb updates Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:34:43 +0200 On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 08:02:51 +1200 Jason Haar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DNS for serial numbers plus HTTP for actual data transfer still sounds New version of freshclam will work in this way. Big thanks to all for the interesting thread ! -- oo ..... Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Tomasz Papszun SysAdm @ TP S.A. Lodz, Poland | And it's only [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lodz.tpsa.pl/iso/ | ones and zeros. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ClamAV.net/ A GPL virus scanner ------------------------------------------------------- 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
