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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:
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