On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:58:43 +0200 Tomasz Kojm <tk...@clamav.net> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:15:20 -0400 James Ralston > <qralston+ml.clamav-us...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > >> But freshclam falls over fairly badly if you try to use it to update >> internal clients from a private mirror, even though it has some >> options to help adjust its behavior for that purpose. >> >> Now I'm thinking that if freshclam is going to be a good tool for >> updating clients behind a private mirror, there really needs to be an >> option to specify that directly. Something like: >> >> # If PrivateMirror is set, freshclam assumes that the server it >> # names is a private mirror. In this case, freshclam does not >> # attempt to use DNS to determine whether its databases are >> # out-of-date, but instead downloads the database files from the >> # private mirror every time it runs. For each database, freshclam >> # first attempts to download the CVD file. If that fails, >> # freshclam tries to grab the CLD file. If the attempt to >> # download the CVD file and attempt to download the CLD file both >> # fail, then that counts as a single attempt against MaxAttempts. >> # Default: disabled. >> #PrivateMirror clam-update.example.org > > I see no problem adding such a feature, just open a feature request at > bugs.clamav.net
The option has been implemented in clamav-devel. This is how it works: # This option allows you to easily point freshclam to private mirrors. # If PrivateMirror is set, freshclam does not attempt to use DNS # to determine whether its databases are out-of-date, instead it will # use the If-Modified-Since request or directly check the headers of the # remote database files. For each database, freshclam first attempts # to download the CLD file. If that fails, it tries to download the # CVD file. This option overrides DatabaseMirror, DNSDatabaseInfo # and ScriptedUpdates. It can be used multiple times to provide # fall-back mirrors. # Default: disabled #PrivateMirror mirror1.mynetwork.com #PrivateMirror mirror2.mynetwork.com Regards, -- oo ..... Tomasz Kojm <tk...@clamav.net> (\/)\......... http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..........._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Mon Sep 12 16:31:07 CEST 2011 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
