Re: [clamav-users] FW: APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1 Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001

2011-03-29 Thread Rick Pim
> > I can't think of any reason you couldn't just download and compile the > > source from and install all the files for v1.0.6. i can't speak for MacOS, but that procedure worked for me with solaris 10 and failed for solaris 9. i waited for the vendor patches. rp __

Re: [Clamav-users] 0.95.3 under solaris 5.10

2010-01-13 Thread Rick Pim
Török Edwin writes: > This patch might be needed: > http://wiki.clamav.net/pub/Main/UpgradeNotes0953/patch-0.95.3-bug1737.diff i couldn't get it to apply using the default vendor-supplied tools -- hence the request for a hint or a patched source kit. r

[Clamav-users] 0.95.3 under solaris 5.10

2010-01-13 Thread Rick Pim
for addressing this? - if so, i couldn't get the default solaris tools to apply it. does anyone have a hint or a patched source kit somewhere? rp rick pim r...@post.queensu.ca information technology services (613) 533

Re: [Clamav-users] simplest replacement for ancient amavis-perl

2008-08-11 Thread rick pim
an issue to avoid using graylisting. just be aware that it IS an issue from time to time, and the occasional Big Player might well be involved. rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services

Re: [Clamav-users] simplest replacement for ancient amavis-perl

2008-08-11 Thread rick pim
Ian Eiloart writes: > --On 8 August 2008 13:06:00 -0400 rick pim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > in practice, one of the > > prime advantages of greylisting -- the fact that it will never > > block 'real' mail -- turns out, um, not to be true. there are so

Re: [Clamav-users] simplest replacement for ancient amavis-perl

2008-08-08 Thread rick pim
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Charles Gregory wrote: > Well, first of all, yes it IS. It's *everyone's* problem. That forged > address could be on *your* server, and *you* get the backscatter from some > other victim system that also "doesn't care what the ISP does with it"... what he said: we have two ac

Re: [Clamav-users] simplest replacement for ancient amavis-perl

2008-08-08 Thread rick pim
l -- turns out, um, not to be true. there are so many standards-noncompliant MTAs out there that greylisting does block real mail. (this is one of the things that makes me crazy.) (we still use it, of course.) rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] infor

Re: [Clamav-users] simplest replacement for ancient amavis-perl

2008-08-08 Thread rick pim
he floor. there will probably not be backscatter. so i think you're both right, more or less. rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-2242 queen's university, kingston --

Re: [Clamav-users] Memory usage for clamd is huge

2008-03-31 Thread rick pim
one of our mail gateways said there were about 15 viruses caught in something more than half-a-million email messages. phishing is up, of course, but viruses (i'm one of those folks that mentally files phishing under 'spam') are way down. rp rick pim

Re: [Clamav-users] Phishing feature defaults, naming, and 0.92

2007-11-16 Thread rick pim
but until then, as long as the new template contains enough of an explanation that i can tell "here be dragons", i'm happy. > As I said before, as a general principle, new behaviour should not suddenly > appear. It should have to be explicitly turned on. post v1.0 i'd agree

Re: [Clamav-users] Vote for ClamAV as the best anti-malware solut ion

2007-10-27 Thread rick pim
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Dennis Peterson wrote: > There needs to be a generic end user that everyone can use on line. A "Jane > Doe" kind > of non-person. The equivalent of http://Example.com/ but which sounds less > offensive > than "anonymous coward". it's kind of a crap shoot, but www.bugmenot.

[Clamav-users] meaning of a particular error message

2007-09-26 Thread rick pim
something running out of some resource. i've fiddled around and i'm still not certain what it is that it wants more of. what does this error signify and what's the optimal way to make it go away? rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information tech

Re: [Clamav-users] performance on solaris (was: Major Problem with Clamd Startup)

2007-09-19 Thread rick pim
lary clam files and rebuild i'm _tempted_ to take door #1 or door #2 pending word from the clam team or sourcefire or SOMEONE as to what ClamTNG will suggest/support. rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services

[Clamav-users] performance on solaris (was: Major Problem with Clamd Startup)

2007-09-19 Thread rick pim
, newer) with fresh installs of everything. things are better than they were -- six months ago it would blow up within an hour or so -- but the performance issues on solaris clearly still haven't been licked. if we can control it with a once-a-day restart, that'll be workable. rp rick

Re: [Clamav-users] latest worry-free version on solaris sparc?

2007-08-16 Thread rick pim
hing, easier than a blastwave install.) rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-2242 queen's university, kingston --- "I&#x

[Clamav-users] latest worry-free version on solaris sparc?

2007-08-16 Thread rick pim
there are still stability and performance issues for some clamav distributions on at least some versions of solaris. what's the consensus for the newest version that will compile, run and be stable with no surprises on solaris 5.10, sparc, sendmail (gcc 3.4.3)? t

[Clamav-users] Re: 0.90.1 issues on solaris 5.9

2007-04-10 Thread Rick Pim
René Berber writes: > > at which point the CPU falls back. the memory footprint of clamd > > also seems to increase: after about an hour (wall clock) top > > claims it's 95-100MB. CPU usage at the same time is 81 minutes -- > > about 1/3 of the total available. kinda sorta. > > Something is

[Clamav-users] Re: 0.90.1 issues on solaris 5.9

2007-04-05 Thread Rick Pim
René Berber writes: > Something is very wrong there, after 1 day running I have clamd > using only 32M of RAM (30M RSS). How many clamd threads do you > see? via ps -efL? or another mechanism. i'll check; i don't know if i'll get a chance to do it this afternoon -- three day weekend coming u

[Clamav-users] Re: 0.90.1 issues on solaris 5.9

2007-04-05 Thread Rick Pim
René Berber writes: > > ./configure --prefix=/export/home/clamav --enable-milter > > So it has libcurl which brings openssl... some problem reports had this, > could > you try a recompile w/o curl? i can. i tried a build with ./configure --prefix=/export/home/clamav --enable-milter --wi

[Clamav-users] Re: 0.90.1 issues on solaris 5.9

2007-04-03 Thread Rick Pim
ware components. (gcc in particular: compiling it from scratch has become quite the chore with all the prerequisites.) rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-2242 queen's university, kingston

[Clamav-users] 0.90.1 issues on solaris 5.9

2007-04-03 Thread Rick Pim
i do, are there any other suggestions folks might have as to things to try? rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-2242 queen's university, kingston

[Clamav-users] load under 0.90

2007-02-14 Thread Rick Pim
option. again, the load average climbs (but not as quickly). before long, i start getting errors logged on the console (see below). ultimately, clamav-milter dies itself. all of this seems to be new with .90. ideas? rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information

[Clamav-users] first impressions on 0.90

2007-02-14 Thread Rick Pim
platform: solaris 5.9, sendmail 8.13.something, gcc 3.4.3, 4-cpu sun 450 (300 MHz CPUs; it's kinda old). clamav seems to have built and installed without issue; nice job. i have some random thoughts and observations and a question: - i have not yet enabled experimental code; i'm going to let

[Clamav-users] Max Children Value

2006-04-13 Thread rick pim
ease it ? i run 64 on a modestly-sized machine with no known issues. (4 GB memory, ~50k messages/day). small caveat: clam probably sees about half that number (a little less than 25k, say) because of blocklists and so on which drop mail before clam sees it.

Fwd: [Clamav-users] Re: which scans mail

2005-06-17 Thread rick pim
Bart Silverstrim writes: > CAN SOMEONE PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE HIM? Maybe permanently?... > > After the 15th time, I really start to hate those @#$%! OoO replies... 15? wow. i fly into a rage with the first. probably bad for my blood pressure.

Re: [Clamav-users] How to use clamav-milter?

2005-06-16 Thread rick pim
ny performance reasons to use one configuration over the other? this is on a dedicated mail router: sendmail plus local clamd. rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-

Re: [Clamav-users] problems after .84 upgrade

2005-05-04 Thread rick pim
uses are appearing in the postmaster mailbox and being logged. we'll see if this configuration remains up. rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-224

Re: [Clamav-users] problems after .84 upgrade

2005-05-03 Thread rick pim
> Mind you I am > worried about the mode 777 for clamd.sock, if nothing else that seems > like a security breach to me. true. but it seems to do that itself: # ls -al /var/clamav/ total 4 drwxr-x--- 2 clamav clamav 512 May 3 17:02 ./ drwxr-xr-x 32 root sys 512 Feb 11 13:21

Re: [Clamav-users] problems after .84 upgrade

2005-05-03 Thread rick pim
512 Feb 11 13:21 ../ srwxrwxrwx 1 clamav clamav 0 May 3 17:06 clamd.sock= rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-2242 queen's university, kingston -

Re: [Clamav-users] problems after .84 upgrade

2005-05-03 Thread rick pim
c or Intel ? this is on sparc (an E450). rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-2242 queen's university, kingston --- &quo

[Clamav-users] problems after .84 upgrade

2005-05-03 Thread rick pim
environment: solaris 5.9, sendmail 8.13.2, clamav .84 (w/clamav-milter). i upgraded to .84 yesterday with (as far as i could tell) no problems. things started afterwards and ran as expected. there were problems yesterday afternoon but i restarted things and everything looked fine. this afternoon

Re: [Clamav-users] ERROR

2005-03-28 Thread rick pim
thank you! rp ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html

[Clamav-users] Milter: data, reject=451 4.3.2 Please try again later

2005-01-28 Thread Rick Pim
ence, of course -- i'm a clamav newbie. rp rick pim [EMAIL PROTECTED] information technology services (613) 533-2242 queen's university, kingston --