Re: [Clamav-users] clamscan fails from mimedefang with large third-party databases

2010-04-24 Thread jef moskot
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010, Török Edwin wrote: Does Mimedefang run clamscan under ulimit? (or is mimedefang itself constrained by some ulimits?) I doubled the MX_MAX_RSS and MX_MAX_AS arguments in the startup script, and it seems to have taken care of the problem (which I was able to recreate, see

Re: [Clamav-users] No debian woody support anymore?

2010-04-24 Thread Simon Hobson
Daniel McDonald wrote: I'm a little confused by this (still), is it not true that simply turning off freshclam will allow clamav to continue working indefinitely on the existing signature set? No, you need to turn off freshclam *and* delete one signature, or grab an older copy of the

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Simon Hobson
Chris Knight wrote: 1) Release a new version that pulls updates from a new hostname. 2) Wait a couple of weeks, or even six months 3) Shut down old servers, 4. Orphan *all* previous versions, including the still heavily used, and valid, 0.95s which were released before the hostname

Re: [Clamav-users] clamscan fails from mimedefang with large third-party databases

2010-04-24 Thread jef moskot
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010, Török Edwin wrote: On 04/24/2010 11:08 AM, jef moskot wrote: I doubled the MX_MAX_RSS and MX_MAX_AS arguments in the startup script, and it seems to have taken care of the problem (which I was able to recreate, see below). What are these values btw? Here's the relevant

Re: [Clamav-users] Instalation problems

2010-04-24 Thread Eduardo
All 11 tests passed (1 test was not run) The problem when I run clamd or freshclam result this errors freshclam: relocation error: freshclam: symbol cli_versig2, version CLAMAV_PRIVATE not defined in file libclamav.so.6 with link time reference clamd

Re: [Clamav-users] Instalation problems

2010-04-24 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/24/2010 01:44 PM, Eduardo wrote: All 11 tests passed (1 test was not run) The problem when I run clamd or freshclam result this errors freshclam: relocation error: freshclam: symbol cli_versig2, version CLAMAV_PRIVATE not defined in file

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Stephen Gran
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 05:02:07PM -0700, Chris Knight said: On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Christopher X. Candreva ch...@westnet.com wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Simon Hobson wrote: So, it still runs the software it used to run ? Yes It's running software that is  EOL ? Most definitely

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Jim Preston
Stephen Gran wrote: You mean, deploy a parallel infrastructure of vhosting, monitoring, pushing updates, etc? When most of the mirrors are on third party servers not under the control of the clamav team? Do you really think that's trivial, or were you just making up a solution without knowing

Re: [Clamav-users] No debian woody support anymore?

2010-04-24 Thread Robert Wyatt
Simon Hobson wrote: Daniel McDonald wrote: I'm a little confused by this (still), is it not true that simply turning off freshclam will allow clamav to continue working indefinitely on the existing signature set? No, you need to turn off freshclam *and* delete one signature, or grab an

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread lists
On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 06:46 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: Stephen Gran wrote: You mean, deploy a parallel infrastructure of vhosting, monitoring, pushing updates, etc? When most of the mirrors are on third party servers not under the control of the clamav team? Do you really think that's

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Jim Preston
lists wrote: On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 06:46 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: Stephen Gran wrote: You mean, deploy a parallel infrastructure of vhosting, monitoring, pushing updates, etc? When most of the mirrors are on third party servers not under the control of the clamav team? Do you really

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread lists
On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 07:17 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: lists wrote: On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 06:46 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: Stephen Gran wrote: You mean, deploy a parallel infrastructure of vhosting, monitoring, pushing updates, etc? When most of the mirrors are on third party

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Chris Knight
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Stephen Gran st...@lobefin.net wrote: On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 05:02:07PM -0700, Chris Knight said: On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Christopher X. Candreva ch...@westnet.com wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Simon Hobson wrote: So, it still runs the software it

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Stephen Gran
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 08:56:10AM -0700, Chris Knight said: On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Stephen Gran st...@lobefin.net wrote: On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 05:02:07PM -0700, Chris Knight said: On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Christopher X. Candreva ch...@westnet.com wrote: On Fri, 23

Re: [Clamav-users] No debian woody support anymore?

2010-04-24 Thread Simon Hobson
Robert Wyatt wrote: You missed a few steps : - Find out what has happened to your software that was working fine yesterday. - Work out what to do RIGHT NOW because your phone is ringing with people asking where their mail is* - Put in place a quick workaround (disable scanning) to allow the

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Simon Hobson
Stephen Gran wrote: 1) Release a new version that pulls updates from a new hostname. You mean, deploy a parallel infrastructure of vhosting, monitoring, pushing updates, etc? When most of the mirrors are on third party servers not under the control of the clamav team? Do you really think

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 4/24/10 6:36 AM, Stephen Gran wrote: On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 05:02:07PM -0700, Chris Knight said: On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Christopher X. Candreva ch...@westnet.com wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Simon Hobson wrote: So, it still runs the software it used to run ? Yes It's running

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Simon Hobson
Stephen Gran wrote: Sigh. I guess you didn't bother to read the part about third party servers not under the control of the clamav team. This means updating the actual edge servers is not trivial. The 'parallel infrastructure' wasn't referring to deploying new hardware, it was referring to

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 24, 2010, at 8:13 AM, lists wrote: On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 07:17 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: lists wrote: On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 06:46 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: Stephen Gran wrote: You mean, deploy a parallel infrastructure of vhosting, monitoring, pushing updates, etc? When most of

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread lists
On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 10:57 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: On Apr 24, 2010, at 8:13 AM, lists wrote: On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 07:17 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: lists wrote: On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 06:46 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: Stephen Gran wrote: You mean, deploy a parallel infrastructure

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi, all-- On Apr 24, 2010, at 1:19 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: Forget it, it's been covered, and you'll never persuade this group of people that a) there was any alternative, You have plenty of alternatives. You can switch to using other AV software from Norton, McCafee, TrendMicro, Panda,

Re: [Clamav-users] Yet more clubbing of deceased equine.

2010-04-24 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 24, 2010, at 11:22 AM, lists wrote: Of course I am, hence why I can laugh at myself before others ;) Jim If that were really true you would not feel the need to keep seeking attention for your views, but please, carry on for last word your posts are really {yawn} gripping.