The "ClamAV Virus Databases" FAQ (http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/faq/faq-cvd/) says:
You can check for database update as often as 4 times per hour provided that you have the following options in freshclam.conf: DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net DatabaseMirror db.XY.clamav.net DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net Replace XY with your country code. If you don't have that option, then you must stick with 1 check per hour. But the TTL (Time To Live) on the current.cvd.clamav.net TXT Resource Record is 10800 seconds (3 hours). ~$ dig @ns3.clamav.net txt current.cvd.clamav.net [...] ;; ANSWER SECTION: current.cvd.clamav.net. 10800 IN TXT "0.97.6:54:16685:1360928385:0:63:40236:214" [...] This will cause the record to be kept in DNS caches for 3 hours and it will reduce the effective update frequency to once in 3 hours (unless you can flush your resolver casches). Shouldn't the TTL be reduceced to something like 900 seconds? Regards, Kees Theunissen. -- Kees Theunissen, System and network manager, Tel: +31 (0)30 6096724 Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER) e-mail address: c.j.theunis...@differ.nl postal address: PO Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, NL visitors address: Edisonbaan 14, 3439 MN Nieuwegein, NL _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
