[clamav-users] How to determine virus database version from behind proxy?

[Richard Graham]

Or for more advertised privacy:

curl -H 'accept: application/dns-json' '
https://mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=current.cvd.clamav.net&type=AAAA
'


On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 7:58 PM Richard Graham <rickhg12hs at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are several DOH severs.
>
> You could also try:
>
> curl -H 'accept: application/dns-json' '
> https://dns.google.com/resolve?name=current.cvd.clamav.net&type=A'
>
>
> ... or even just:
>
>
> curl 'https://dns.google.com/resolve?name=current.cvd.clamav.net&type=A'
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 3:51 PM Eric Tykwinski <eric-list at truenet.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You could query using DoH:
>> #curl -H 'accept: application/dns-json' '
>> https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=current.cvd.clamav.net&type=TXT
>> '
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: clamav-users [mailto:clamav-users-bounces at lists.clamav.net] On
>> > Behalf Of André Weidemann
>> > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2020 9:45 AM
>> > To: clamav-users at lists.clamav.net
>> > Subject: [clamav-users] How to determine virus database version from
>> behind
>> > proxy?
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > in my current working environment I do not have direct internet access,
>> > nor is it possible to query public DNS servers.
>> > Running a command like "host -t txt current.cvd.clamav.net" yields no
>> > result.
>> > The only way out is a proxy.
>> > I still would like to figure out whether or not my local database is up
>> > to date.
>> > Can I retrieve the information contained in the DNS TXT record via a
>> > http(s) source as well? If so, how?
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot in advance.
>> >
>> >   André
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> clamav-users mailing list
>> clamav-users at lists.clamav.net
>> https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
>>
>>
>> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide:
>> https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq
>>
>> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/attachments/20200709/e0e170af/attachment.htm>