Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Freshclam security wondering

2005-07-11 Thread Damian Menscher
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, Brian Bruns wrote: On Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:48 PM [EDT], Damian Menscher wrote: So yes, there's a huge amount of trust placed in the database maintainers, and we have to hope they don't go bonkers on us. (Anyone remember that spam RBL site that decided to announce they

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Freshclam security wondering

2005-07-10 Thread Brian Bruns
On Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:48 PM [EDT], Damian Menscher wrote: So yes, there's a huge amount of trust placed in the database maintainers, and we have to hope they don't go bonkers on us. (Anyone remember that spam RBL site that decided to announce they were going to stop running by blacklisti

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Freshclam security wondering

2005-07-10 Thread Damian Menscher
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, FJ wrote: Yes, I do understand that, as you say, running Freshclam without support for digital signatures is my responsibility. My main concern is what kind of issues could arise from doing so? Would an invalid or poisoned file simply "crash" Clamav or could the mechanism

Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Freshclam security wondering

2005-07-10 Thread FJ
Hi again! Thank you for your quick and detailed reply, I really do appreciate it! :^) Yes, I do understand that, as you say, running Freshclam without support for digital signatures is my responsibility. My main concern is what kind of issues could arise from doing so? Would an invalid or

[Clamav-users] Re: Freshclam security wondering

2005-07-09 Thread René Berber
FJ wrote: > Hello everyone! Hi. > Please pardon my relative ClamAV ignorance but I am new to the > community -- with an ardent desire to learn more! > > We are currently looking into distributing the excellent ClamXav GUI to > clients on our network. However, that application, that relies on