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

[Eric Tykwinski]

Lol,  there is a long thread on mail ops that pretty much says the same.  But he asked about checking through a proxy on http protocol so that’s his choice.

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> On Jul 9, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Joel Esler (jesler) via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
> 
> You’re just giving your lookup to someone else.  
> 
> Sent from my  iPhone
> 
>>> On Jul 9, 2020, at 14:11, Richard Graham via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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