Damian Menscher wrote:
> It's really not hard to figure out the best time to update.
> Just write
> down all possible minutes, and cross off those that the average idiot
> would pick. ;)
>
> Damian Menscher
"Average idiot"s don't use freshclam. It takes a very special kind of idiot. ;)
Seriously, things like this are why /dev/random was invented.
I suggest:
1) Pick a random number X between 0 and 59. Set up a cron job (described below) to
run at X minutes past the hour, every hour.
2) Cron job, when run, does the following:
A) Pick a random number (different every time) Y between 2 and 57. Sleep Y * 60
seconds.
B) Run freshclam.
This should balance out the load quite well, if everyone does it.
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