On Wed Sep 02 2009 00:55:09 GMT+0200 (CEST) W S <whatis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Folks, > > Is there anyway to Hard-Code IP address for updating ClamAV db? > I see this keep changing: > > % host database.clamav.net > database.clamav.net is an alias for db.local.clamav.net. > db.local.clamav.net is an alias for db.us.rr.clamav.net. > db.us.rr.clamav.net has address 194.47.250.218 > db.us.rr.clamav.net has address 208.72.56.53 > db.us.rr.clamav.net has address 65.120.238.2 > db.us.rr.clamav.net has address 138.123.96.134
That's on purpose. First of all, if some mirror fails, freshclam will temporarily blacklist it and try the other ones. Secondly, the round robin record helps to distribute the load from the clients among available mirrors. You should never be sticking to a single IP. Regards, -- oo ..... Tomasz Kojm <tk...@clamav.net> (\/)\......... http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..........._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Wed Sep 2 08:06:05 CEST 2009 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
