[sanesecurity] Re: More Mysterious Messages
- From: Gerard <gerard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: sanesecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:38:38 -0400
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:28:50 -0700
Bill Landry <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Gerard wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:27:11 -0400
>> Michael Lambert <lambert@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Can someone help me to understand why I am receiving the following
>>> message? My script uses rsync compression and runs every six hours.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Welcome to the Sanesecurity mirror - kindly provided by
>>> [sane.helljert.de]
>>> ============================================================================
>>>
>>> In order to ensure the best performance for all mirror users and
>>> prevent your
>>> IP address being automatically banned for excessive connections, we
>>> recommend that:
>>>
>>> * You only use the recommended download scripts available here:
>>>
>>> http://www.sanesecurity.com/download_scripts_linux.htm (linux)
>>> http://www.sanesecurity.com/clamav/download_scripts_win.htm
>>> (windows)
>>>
>>> These scripts are frequently updated with new features/bugfixes
>>> and help limit bandwidth for use on the freely provided mirrors, by
>>> turning on
>>> Rsync compression (-z, --compress).
>>>
>>> * Configure your update scripts to check for new signatures *no
>>> less* than once an hour.
>>>
>>> If your client connects more than once within an hour it will be
>>> automatically blocked from
>>> connecting for a period of time, in order to ensure the best
>>> performance for all other
>>> mirrors users.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your understanding.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>> Sanesecurity
>>> ===================================================================
>>
>> I just did a 'whois' search on the site. This is the pertinent
>> information.
>>
>> Found WHOIS server for .de: whois.denic.de. Looking up.
>
>[snip]
>
>> I am going to contact the operator and see if I can persuade him to
>> reconfigure his server to properly send out this message.
>
>Don't bother, this is already being discuss on the Sanesecurity rsync
>list.
>
>Bill
>
Too late, all ready done and replied to.
--
Gerard
gerard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
What we need is either less corruption,
or more chance to participate in it.
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