> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Arkady > V.Belousov > > >> M> I failed to remember it was a geographically inclined selection :) > >> ? How access to free AV databases may/should depend from > >> geography?! > >> Why database.clamav.net resolved to servers, where one doesn't not > >> contain anonymous access, other protect anonymous by unknown password? > M> For load balancing and closer connects. > > "Closer"? How Austrialia close to Japan (where resides ftpmail robot, > which I use)? >
The term 'closer' is related to the Internet and Australia is closer to Japan than the US or something on the other side of the world. > M> ftp ftp://anonymous:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > M> ^username ^password > M> The above works fine, tested by myself. > > ______________O\_/_________________________________\_/O______________ > open database.clamav.net anonymous anonymous > Connecting to database.clamav.net > 220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (thor.raimei.co.jp) [219.106.255.66] > ---> USER anonymous > 331 Password required for anonymous. > ---> PASS <somestring> > 530 Login incorrect. > Failed to login > _____________________________________________________________________ > O/~\ /~\O > > Also, where to find ClamAV databases? One server, which answers, > shows next > directories (which not looks related to ClamAV): > It's been said that the service ClamAV team is giving is HTTP sites for updates download. When a mirror is added it is just a Virtual Domain with Host Headers. It doesn't need to have it's own IP address. I'm just guessing that those sites happen to respond FTP request because, and just because, they share the same IP with some FTP site the admin of the site is running, not because it is related to it. That's why there is no standard about username and password on those FTP sites nor you can find the cvd files on their structure. The official mirrors are giving the updates thru *HTTP*. That's *HTTP*, not any other protocol. You should read the mirror doc (http://www.clamav.net/doc/mirrors/clamav-mirror-howto.txt) I've been reading this thread and I think you are not getting the point of this project. ClamAV is a virus 'detection' software designed to run on '*nix' for filtering 'email'. There are other projects that are on top of ClamAV like ClamWin that can run it on a Windows machine. Nevertheless, it doesn't have an online access scanner which I think is the feature you are looking for. Regards, -Samuel _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
