On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Ryan Moore wrote: > Damian Menscher wrote: > > I'm at a .edu in the middle of the US, but I see: > > > > $ host database.clamav.net > > database.clamav.net is an alias for db.local.clamav.net. > > db.local.clamav.net is an alias for db.other.clamav.net. > > > > This points me to random mirrors around the world. I'd have expected to > > resolve to db.us.clamav.net, and get mirrors within the US. Everything > > still works, but I wanted to report it since it should probably be > > fixed. Or is this something I was supposed to configure (the "you > > SHOULD NOT change it" discouraged me)? > > I do get a listing of addresses when I resolve db.us.clamav.net, though > I didn't check the whois records for all of them to see where they were > located, but I'd assume they're in the US. I did check a few and they > were indeed in the US. > > $ host db.us.clamav.net > db.us.clamav.net is an alias for db.america.clamav.net.
You missed the point. What do you get when you do "host database.clamav.net" ? Damian Menscher -- -=#| Physics Grad Student & SysAdmin @ U Illinois Urbana-Champaign |#=- -=#| 488 LLP, 1110 W. Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 Ofc:(217)333-0038 |#=- -=#| 4602 Beckman, VMIL/MS, Imaging Technology Group:(217)244-3074 |#=- -=#| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ Fax:(217)333-9819 |#=- -=#| The above opinions are not necessarily those of my employers. |#=- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
