[clamav-users] QNAP Antivirus Updates

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:17:34 +0000
>"Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler at cisco.com> wrote:
>
>> > On Sep 20, 2021, at 13:08, Paul Kosinski via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > These two IPs are Anycast addresses, and have been unchanged for well over 2 years. (Anycast addresses don't have to change even if the physical servers change, that's their point!) They are:
>> >
>> >  104.16.218.84
>> >  104.16.219.84
>> That’s what they are for you.  Cloudflare routes you to the closest pop to your network.  Your mileage may vary

On 20.09.21 20:16, Paul Kosinski via clamav-users wrote:
>I thought the IP addresses, being Anycast, were what are routed to the closest POP.

how's this different from what Joel said?

> No matter, when I resolve "database.clamav.net" via various DNS servers,
> using TCP to bypass the default local DNS server (as our firewall blocks
> outbound UDP port 53 otherwise), I always get these same two IP addresses
> as results (see below)

yes, becaue those two IP are anycast... they are router to the nearest POP.

> Given that the servers at 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8 and 9.9.9.9 are "public", and
> likely Anycast, while 71.243.0.12 is local Verizon/FIOS, I suppose that
> the Authoritative server and the public (Anycast) servers could
> conceivably be distributing different IP addresses depending on who is
> querying.  (BIND/named has become incredibly complicated these days.) But
> since the two IP addresses are themselves Anycast, what would be the
> point?

the point is, not to provide different IPs via anycast DNS but to provide
anycast IPs via any DNS.

> In any case, does anyone, anywhere, get IP addresses other than
>
>  104.16.218.84
>  104.16.219.84
>
> when resolving "database.clamav.net"?

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