Re: [Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-11-07 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 Nathan Gibbs wrote: Cut these guys some slack. They can't do everything. This isn't about cutting slack, or for that matter pointing fingers. It's about contributing. I'm contributing. Sometimes people don't want to hear what needs to be said. That can be

Re: [Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-11-07 Thread Nathan Gibbs
* G.W. Haywood wrote: Hi there, On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 Nathan Gibbs wrote: Cut these guys some slack. They can't do everything. This isn't about cutting slack, or for that matter pointing fingers. It's about contributing. I'm contributing. Sometimes people don't want to hear what needs

Re: [Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-11-05 Thread Nathan Gibbs
* aCaB wrote: G.W. Haywood wrote: I suspect that rather than QA, what you do is just a lot of hap-hazard testing. That's why, whenever I see a new release of ClamAV, first I will suppress a groan and then, before I risk it on any of my servers, I'll wait a while and watch the users' list to

Re: [Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-11-04 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello again, On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 aCaB wrote: G.W. Haywood wrote: I suspect that rather than QA, what you do is just a lot of hap-hazard testing. My mail was about custom databases provided by 3rd parties, not about ClamAV release cycles. Besides, you miss another point: ClamAV is an

Re: [Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-11-03 Thread aCaB
G.W. Haywood wrote: I suspect that rather than QA, what you do is just a lot of hap-hazard testing. That's why, whenever I see a new release of ClamAV, first I will suppress a groan and then, before I risk it on any of my servers, I'll wait a while and watch the users' list to see how much

Re: [Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-11-02 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 aCaB wrote: On our side we do a lot of QA ... I really believe something needs to happen here so that these type of bugs can be caught quickly before they affect a number of users. Thoughts? I suspect that rather than QA, what you do is just a lot of

Re: [Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-10-28 Thread aCaB
Steve Basford wrote: LibClamAV Error: mpool_malloc(): Attempt to allocate 2097152 bytes. Please report to http://bugs.clamav.net LibClamAV Error: cli_ac_addpatt: Can't realloc ac_pattable LibClamAV Error: cli_parse_add(): Thanks to the ClamAV team, the bug was fixed in the clamav-devel

Re: [Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-10-26 Thread Robert Lopez
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Steve Basford steveb_cla...@sanesecurity.com wrote: Hi All, Some users (mainly x86_64 so far) noticed database errors (malformed  database) when loading signatures. As signature integrity is checked before upload to the mirrors and the download scripts

[Clamav-users] [Fwd: [sanesecurity] x86_64 users: possible malformed database problems]

2009-10-25 Thread Steve Basford
Hi All, Some users (mainly x86_64 so far) noticed database errors (malformed database) when loading signatures. As signature integrity is checked before upload to the mirrors and the download scripts check integrity before use, this issue should not arise. With help from various people on