[Mimedefang] Anti-virus software
Kelson
kelson at speed.net
Thu Mar 3 12:20:55 EST 2005
WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
> I know that they log warings if you are running an out of date version,
> but the only time I am ceratin they cut old versions off was when they
> went to the new model of checking for updates via DNS TXT records instead
> of HTTP connections. They let it slide for a while, then announced a
> cutoff date after which old clients would be refused to force the issue.
As I recall, ClamAV only cut off access to old clients that connected
too frequently. (Lots of people doing DNS lookups every 5 minutes isn't
much, but an hourly crush of unnecessary HTTP GETs was bogging down
their servers.) I could be misremembering, though.
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Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>
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