[clamav-users] TTL on the current.cvd.clamav.net TXT resource record.

2013-02-15 Thread Kees Theunissen
The ClamAV Virus Databases FAQ
(http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/faq/faq-cvd/) says:

   You can check for database update as often as 4 times per hour
   provided that you have the following options in freshclam.conf:
   DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net
   DatabaseMirror db.XY.clamav.net
   DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
   Replace XY with your country code. If you don't have that option,
   then you must stick with 1 check per hour.

But the TTL (Time To Live) on the current.cvd.clamav.net TXT
Resource Record is 10800 seconds (3 hours).

~$ dig @ns3.clamav.net txt current.cvd.clamav.net
[...]
;; ANSWER SECTION:
current.cvd.clamav.net. 10800   IN  TXT 
0.97.6:54:16685:1360928385:0:63:40236:214
[...]


This will cause the record to be kept in DNS caches for 3 hours
and it will reduce the effective update frequency to once in
3 hours (unless you can flush your resolver casches).
Shouldn't the TTL be reduceced to something like 900 seconds?


Regards,

Kees Theunissen.

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Re: [clamav-users] TTL on the current.cvd.clamav.net TXT resource record.

2013-02-15 Thread Shawn Webb
We temporarily bumped the TTL up to three hours yesterday to ease the
burden on the mirrors while we pushed out a change that would cause a lot
of bandwidth. The TTL will be set back to its previous value soon.


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Kees Theunissen
c.j.theunis...@differ.nlwrote:

 The ClamAV Virus Databases FAQ
 (http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/faq/faq-cvd/) says:

You can check for database update as often as 4 times per hour
provided that you have the following options in freshclam.conf:
DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net
DatabaseMirror db.XY.clamav.net
DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
Replace XY with your country code. If you don't have that option,
then you must stick with 1 check per hour.

 But the TTL (Time To Live) on the current.cvd.clamav.net TXT
 Resource Record is 10800 seconds (3 hours).

 ~$ dig @ns3.clamav.net txt current.cvd.clamav.net
 [...]
 ;; ANSWER SECTION:
 current.cvd.clamav.net. 10800   IN  TXT
 0.97.6:54:16685:1360928385:0:63:40236:214
 [...]


 This will cause the record to be kept in DNS caches for 3 hours
 and it will reduce the effective update frequency to once in
 3 hours (unless you can flush your resolver casches).
 Shouldn't the TTL be reduceced to something like 900 seconds?


 Regards,

 Kees Theunissen.

 --
 Kees Theunissen,  System and network manager,   Tel: +31 (0)30 6096724
 Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)
 e-mail address:   c.j.theunis...@differ.nl
 postal address:   PO Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, NL
 visitors address: Edisonbaan 14, 3439 MN Nieuwegein, NL

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Re: [clamav-users] TTL on the current.cvd.clamav.net TXT resource record.

2013-02-15 Thread Kees Theunissen
On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Shawn Webb wrote:

We temporarily bumped the TTL up to three hours yesterday to ease the
burden on the mirrors while we pushed out a change that would cause a lot
of bandwidth. The TTL will be set back to its previous value soon.

Thanks.
That explains why I didn't see this before. I noticed this yesterday
when I had update problems.


Regards,

Kees Theunissen.

-- 
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Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)
e-mail address:   c.j.theunis...@differ.nl
postal address:   PO Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, NL
visitors address: Edisonbaan 14, 3439 MN Nieuwegein, NL

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