Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:21:43 GMT From: Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/94110: clamav freshclam.conf causes users to risk getting banned from update servers Message-ID: <200603052121.k25LLhcU060750@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200603052130.k25LU4iO037696@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 94110 >Category: ports >Synopsis: clamav freshclam.conf causes users to risk getting banned from update servers >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 05 21:30:03 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Adam McDougall >Release: 6.1-PRERELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD host 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Feb 26 23:30:17 EST 2006 user@host:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PE2650 i386 >Description: The default freshclam.conf installed by clamav-0.88_1 does not contain a parameter to allow more efficient database checks, and clamav's website threatens blacklisting your host if it is not used. See http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=420492 >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Add this (or functionally similar) to the default freshclam.conf.dist: # Check for a new version of the database with a single DNS query. # This is required to avoid getting blacklisted by the freshclam servers. # See http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=420492 DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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