Two observations: First, a smoothly working freshclam mechanism shouldn't require workarounds. And I suspect many ClamAV users wouldn't be able to deal with workarounds like this.
Second, any time freshclam fails due to an out-of-sync problem, there has been a useless load on the mirrors (although I suppose using cdiffs would significantly reduce the useless data transfer). Plus there is useless load on the client machine and its LAN. On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:16:58 +1100 "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschm...@acm.org> wrote: > On 23/10/2018 13:28, Paul Kosinski wrote: > > "I'm convinced that [malware analysis] interval exceeds the delay > > due to sync problems by such a margin that the first interval needs > > as much focus as can be committed while the distribution issues are > > handled at a lower priority." > > > > I mainly agree (and I much appreciate the efforts of the ClamAV > > team). > > > > What we found, unfortunately, was that after the switch to > > Cloudflare, the mirror sync problems observed by "stock" freshclam > > resulted in all the mirrors being blacklisted, causing future > > ClamAV virus updates to cease. This meant distribution issues > > became extremely important. > > > Would just adding a cron job that deletes "mirrors.dat" every so > often be an acceptable work-around? > > It amuses me that my mirrors.dat file contains five entries that all > point to the same IP address, that's just a bit pointless! > > Cheers, > Gary B-) > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
