[clamav-users] Error when using a private mirror

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 22.03.17 12:05, David Pullman wrote:
>This is what "PrivateMirror" does. It turns DNS off and uses IMS.
>>
>> Maybe you should use "DatabaseMirror" instead to check for actual versions.
>
>
>Right, however, it looks like if I use DatabaseMirror with my private
>mirror hostname, then the instance running freshclam will then still go out
>to the Internet to check for something, maybe timestamp info?

yes, exactly, by:

>“Querying current.cvd.clamav.net”

>I’m trying to avoid having the instances running freshclam go out to the
>Internet.

what kind of problem does one DNS request cause?

>> Seems you just did not get what DatabaseCustomURL means - it configures
>> additional URLs, it does not replace standard URLs of
>> http://mirror/main.cvd
>> etc.
>
>
>What I found in man freshclam.conf:
>“””
>       DatabaseCustomURL STRING
>              With  this  option  you can provide custom sources (http://
>or file://) for
>              database files. This option can be used multiple times.
>              Default: disabled
>“”"
>Sorry, I didn’t get “it configures additional URLs, it does not replace
>standard URLs” from “you can provide custom sources…for database files”.
>Perhaps there is another reference for this attribute that says that?

apparently it should say "you can provide custom sources ... in addition to
standard sources".

apparently freshclam search for standard sources, even if you add others
with "DatabaseCustomURL"

>I would have thought that if you specified a custom URL for a database
>file, then any reference to that file should use the custom URL. Obviously
>that is not the case here, but I’m wondering if that is intended or if it’s
>an error? Is there a reason that some of freshclam can use a custom URL but
>some of it is hardcoded to a document root?

to be able to add own sources in addition to those provided by clamav.

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