[clamav-users] [ext] Re: ClamAV® blog: Freshclam, cdiffs and bandwidth are your friends

[Joel Esler (jesler)]

As I said, checking the DNS TXT entry is fine.  Checking that every hour is fine, (just in case we push something immediate).  Downloading the cdiffs is fine.  Downloading the entire CVD files constantly is not fine.

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> On Jul 29, 2020, at 04:37, Ralf Hildebrandt via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
> 
> * Paul Kosinski via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>:
>> "...we also only release updates once a day."
>> 
>> Are there *never* any urgent virus updates released in between? In
>> other words, is it always useless to check the TXT record more often?
> 
> I was wondering about this wording as well!
> 
> But then I checked:
> 
> Mon Jul 20 17:00:17 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25879, sigs: 3519456, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> Tue Jul 21 17:14:19 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25880, sigs: 3548222, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> Wed Jul 22 17:14:33 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25881, sigs: 3573651, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> Thu Jul 23 17:14:47 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25882, sigs: 3584533, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> Fri Jul 24 17:15:02 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25883, sigs: 3609907, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> Sat Jul 25 17:15:18 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25884, sigs: 3663341, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> Sun Jul 26 17:00:15 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25885, sigs: 3668554, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> Mon Jul 27 18:00:38 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25886, sigs: 3678125, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> Tue Jul 28 18:00:53 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25887, sigs: 3681654, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
> 
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