Hello Damian Menscher,
sorry for the late reply
> This points me to random mirrors around the world. I'd have expected to
> resolve to db.us.clamav.net, and get mirrors within the US. Everything
> still works, but I wanted to report it since it should probably be
> fixed. Or is this something
My guess is that it's based on split DNS - multiple views, so you get
different answers depending on where (in IP address space) you're asking the
question from.
You are right.
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On Tuesday 15 June 2004 4:35 pm, Damian Menscher wrote:
> > The primary reason database.clamav.net was split into several regional
> > zones was to avoid gigantic DNS reply, which would require TCP instead
> > of UDP. Instead of returning all mirror IP addressess, it returns only
> > several addre
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> Damian Menscher wrote:
> >On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> >>Ryan Moore wrote:
> >>>Damian Menscher wrote:
> >>>
> What do you get when you do "host database.clamav.net" ?
>
> >>>Yea, doh. Is the DNS supposed to return a RR based
On Tuesday 15 June 2004 4:35 am, Damian Menscher wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> > Ryan Moore wrote:
> > > Damian Menscher wrote:
> > >> What do you get when you do "host database.clamav.net" ?
> > >
> > > Yea, doh. Is the DNS supposed to return a RR based on your location?
Damian Menscher wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
Ryan Moore wrote:
Damian Menscher wrote:
What do you get when you do "host database.clamav.net" ?
Yea, doh. Is the DNS supposed to return a RR based on your location?
Actually, for database.clamav.net
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> Ryan Moore wrote:
> > Damian Menscher wrote:
> >>
> >> What do you get when you do "host database.clamav.net" ?
> >
> > Yea, doh. Is the DNS supposed to return a RR based on your location?
>
> Actually, for database.clamav.net, the answer is yes.
> Or
Ryan Moore wrote:
Damian Menscher wrote:
What do you get when you do "host database.clamav.net" ?
Yea, doh. Is the DNS supposed to return a RR based on your location?
Actually, for database.clamav.net, the answer is yes.
Or to be specific, based on your IP address.
It's an effort to balance mirror
Damian Menscher wrote:
You missed the point.
What do you get when you do "host database.clamav.net" ?
Damian Menscher
Yea, doh. Is the DNS supposed to return a RR based on your location? I
was under the impression that no, it wouldn't and you can choose to use
the regional zones if you so desire,
Quoting Damian Menscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Ryan Moore wrote:
Damian Menscher wrote:
> I'm at a .edu in the middle of the US, but I see:
>
> $ host database.clamav.net
> database.clamav.net is an alias for db.local.clamav.net.
> db.local.clamav.net is an alias for db.other.cla
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Ryan Moore wrote:
> Damian Menscher wrote:
> > I'm at a .edu in the middle of the US, but I see:
> >
> > $ host database.clamav.net
> > database.clamav.net is an alias for db.local.clamav.net.
> > db.local.clamav.net is an alias for db.other.clamav.net.
> >
> > This points me t
Damian Menscher wrote:
I'm at a .edu in the middle of the US, but I see:
$ host database.clamav.net
database.clamav.net is an alias for db.local.clamav.net.
db.local.clamav.net is an alias for db.other.clamav.net.
This points me to random mirrors around the world. I'd have expected to
resolve to d
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