On 2011-03-03 12:35, Török Edwin wrote: > On 2011-03-03 00:15, Brian P Kroth wrote: >> Package: clamav-daemon >> Version: 0.96.5+dfsg-1.1 >> Severity: normal >> Tags: ipv6 >> >> >> I'm trying to get clamd to listen over ipv6 (eg ::) but no options I've >> fed TCPAddr seem to allow for this - they just error out and clamd won't >> start. >> >> If I just specify TCPSocket it will only listen on 0.0.0.0. >> >> Let me know if you need anything else. > > freshclam supports IPv6, but could you please explain why clamd would > need IPv6 support? > You can only safely use clamd inside a LAN, and the LAN has IPv4 anyway. > > Also with IPv6 clamd would be routable from the outside world (because > your machine would be), and anyone could issue commands to your clamd, > unless explicitly firewall its port, so listening on IPv6 would be a > security risk.
BTW you can set clamd to listen to 127.0.0.1, and tunnel a connection to it using ssh, which supports IPv6. --Edwin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
