-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christopher X. Candreva wrote: > Is there a compelling reason for clam to die on a malformed database, > instead of just ignoring the bad line and continuing with all the other > sigs ? Because doing otherwise is a recipe for disaster.
A malformed database points to: - - serious system malfunction - - security breach - - security breach / system malfunction between you and (or at) the database provider There is no point in using a malformed database and could even spell disaster. (Imagine it starts generating FP's en masse, which could be a side effect of a corrupted database). Kind regards, Sander Holthaus - Orange XL -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFln4ZVf373DysOTURAv1rAKCO+b6wNu28RYtWCd5YFewQ7Bq39QCeL8Yf +zeke1muMaNN/LX6q4pF8yc= =a2g8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
