On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:03:09 -0400 James Kosin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tomasz Kojm wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:42:07 -0600 (MDT) James Bourne > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Yes it may be possible, but that's still no excuse for clamd to > >> bail when presented with two sets of data files, one invalid and > >> one valid. > > > > There's no perfect solution to this problem. The only good one I > > could think of is an option to clamscan/clamd that would only allow > > loading of digitally signed databases and ignore all the rest. Of > > course, external dbs (sane, msrbl, etc.) would no longer be > > supported in such a mode. > > > What about a way to check the validity of a database before loading > it, and not fatally stopping the load just because of a bad database > file. How do you want to check the validity of a database which is not digitally signed by some trusted entity? -- oo ..... Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (\/)\......... http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..........._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Fri Apr 13 01:18:08 CEST 2007 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
