On Sat, 30 Dec 2006, Sander Holthaus wrote:
> A malformed database points to: > > - - serious system malfunction > - - security breach > - - security breach / system malfunction between you and (or at) the > database provider In my experience, it means a database maintainer who made a simple mistake in one line. > 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). Having clam die spells disaster. If you've set your system to tempfail on clam failure, you can't receive mail until it is fixed. If you accept mail unscanned, you could infect your users, start spreading viruses, and have a big clean-up job. How exactly is this better then a possibe false-positive, if a corrupted sig happens to match some valid piece of mail ? ========================================================== Chris Candreva -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- (914) 948-3162 WestNet Internet Services of Westchester http://www.westnet.com/ _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
