Is nscd running on the same host that is running freshclam? On the host running freshclam, what does your /etc/resolv.conf look like?
Lyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Today we upgraded our DNS server which is Debian Bind9 ver 1:9.3.4-2etch1. > We also upgraded our ClamAV software to the new Version: 0.91.1-0volatile1 > that came out today. Just happened that both came with new version today. > > Anyway... We are getting this message in the FreshClam logs: > > WARNING: DNS record is older than 3 hours. > WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode. > > > In the support FAQ for Clamav it states: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > What does WARNING: DNS record is older than 3 hours mean? > > * freshclam attempts to detect potential problems with DNS caches and > switches to the old mode if something looks suspicious. If this message > appears seldomly, you can safely ignore it. If you get the error everytime > you run freshclam, check your system clock. If it is set correctly, check > your dns settings. If those didn.t help, try putting this at the top of > your cronjob: > > host -t txt current.cvd.clamav.net; perl -e 'printf "%d\n", time;' > > The 4th field of the first line should be less than 3 . 3600 behind > the output of the second line. If not, you have a caching DNS server > somewhere misbehaving. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > So I go to the command line and do a: > > # host -t txt current.cvd.clamav.net; perl -e 'printf "%d\n", time;' > > And get: > > current.cvd.clamav.net text "0.91.1:44:3779:1185489181:1" > 1185490600 > > Well the 4th field is a lot more than "3"! > > Is this something that has changed in Bind9 that is causing this problem? > How can this be fixed? > > Thanks, > > Ken > > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
