Hi friends, Currently, i am investigating about update mechanism of ClamAV. I don't find any document, that describes clearly this mechanism, so i would like to be confirmed and be explained more detail. Firstly,i would like to present this mechanism. I'm not sure about all informations in this email, so please correct me if you see it wrong
1. For updating virus database,clamav uses rsync for synchronizing virus database. Of course, rsync run via ssh, so the information while transmitting is secured. In the case of server fails to rsync database,it will download main.cvd and daily.cvd. *What kind of protocol does clamav use for downloading files in this case (rsync, wget, etc ...)?* *if it use other protocol (not rsync), is it secured? *2. *Because of using rsync for synchonizing database, does clamav support windows-mirror?* (Because i found some software can run ssh and rsync on Windows, i wonder whether clamav-team support windows-mirror or not) 3. When updating,some time I see clamav download and patch to daily.cvd or main.cvd. But some time,the database are two directory daily.inc, main.inc and it contains other database format (main.info, main.hd, main.hdb ...). *What are the differences between 2 type of database*? *When does clamav use database files (main.cvd, daily.cvd), when does it use database directories* *(daily.inc,main.inc)*? 4. As i have read, clamav-team does not support private mirror. But i want to have 1 mirror for my local network.* I wonder how can I create my own mirror with different way? Does anybody have any suggestions ?* Finally, many thanks to all of your helps, your comments,your suggestions and many thanks to ClamAV-team. Best regards, TungDH _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
