As I understand it, many users of ClamAV just use their distro's version, which, in the case of LTS distro versions, may be quite behind the latest ClamAV version. Thus *removing* the ability to download the DB's via plain HTTP should remain for quite a while, so as not to cut off ClamAV users who are not as sophisticated as people on this list.
P.S. Although I have always built ClamAV from source (for several different Linux versions) since I started using it (as far back as version 0.88.4 at least), I still haven't moved from 0.101.5 to 0.102.x (the first HTTPS versions), since I have some other things to do first. On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:18:54 +0000 "Micah Snyder \(micasnyd\) via clamav-users" <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote: > Freshclam in ClamAV 0.102 will use https by default and will NOT fall > back to http. If you need to use http, you can change the > DatabaseMirror option in freshclam.conf to > "http://database.clamav.net"; and that will force it to use http. I > agree that surprises aren't always funny, which is why there is no > automatic fallback. > > Micah > > On 12/12/19, 5:39 PM, "clamav-users on behalf of Gene Heskett via > clamav-users" <clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net on behalf of > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote: > > On Thursday 12 December 2019 17:15:01 Joel Esler (jesler) via > clamav-users wrote: > > > They are served over https. But only 102.x supports https. So > > as soon as everyone moves to https, I’ll gladly decommission > > http. > > > Does freshclam support both, if so, how do we force it to https? > Surprises aren't always funny. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
