[sanesecurity] Re: Updated Script: clamav-unofficial-sigs

  • From: Bill Landry <unofficialsigs@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: sanesecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:47:22 -0700

Kilburn, check the config file and make sure all of the Sanesecurity hosted
signature database file names are spelled correctly.  If even one database
is misspelled, all database from all rsync mirrors will fail (this is also
mentioned in the config file).

Bill


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Kilburn Abrahams <kilburna@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Bill
>
> When I run the script I am getting all the sanescurity mirrors failing.
> For ex.
> Connection to luxuo-host.unix-scripts.info 88.190.35.181 failed - Trying
> next mirror site...
>
> Is the true or is my IP address blocked..
>
> Cheers
> Kilburn
>
>
> On 26 August 2013 06:48, Bill Landry <unofficialsigs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> It's been awhile since I was a member and posted to the Sanesecurity
>> list, I hope all is well on the spam fighting front.  I am posting a
>> message now because I've had a few requests over the past several months to
>> make some updates to the clamav-unofficial-sigs script, and I've finally
>> found some time to do that.
>>
>> With that said, here are the script updates from the CHANGELOG:
>>
>> Version 3.7.2 (updated 2013-08-25)
>>    - Added Sanesecurity signature whitelist "sigwhitelist.ign2" file
>>      to the list of default databases in the config file.
>>    - Added "-w" flag to support adding signature whitelist entries in
>>      "my-whitelist.ing2" file in the newer ClamAV IGN2 format.  Do
>>      not manually add or remove whitelist entries from this file,
>>      the script will automatically remove whitelist entries when the
>>      offending signatures have been modified or removed from the
>>      third-party database.
>>    - DEPRECATED the "-b" (signature bypass) flag.  Although still
>>      supported, it is highly recommend that you instead use the new
>>      "-w" flag, which supports the newer ClamAV IGN2 signature
>>      whitelist format.
>>    - Anchored grep searches when using the "-b" flag in order to
>>      more exactly match signature searches.  Requested by Paul Wise.
>>    - Added rsync and curl timeout variables to the configuration
>>      file to allow the script user to define custom connect and
>>      overall download timeout values. Requested by Paul Wise.
>>    - Added a "setmode" variable to the script's configuration file to
>>      allow the script user to enable or disable the "chmod" command
>>      usage on the signature files and directory.  Requested by Paul Wise.
>>    - Added detail to the config file regarding correct file name
>>      spelling, adding only relevant signature file names to the
>>      appropriate sections of the config file, and not placing
>>      anything other than correctly spelled signature file names
>>      inside the quoted signature name sections of the config file.
>>    - Modified "add_dbs" section of the script to properly retrieve
>>      http downloaded signature database files on first-time run.
>>      Issue reported by Blaine Fleming.
>>    - Changed script database reporting to reflect the correct author.
>>    - Updated my contact and script download information in all files
>>      and updated "man" pages to reflect flag changes and additions.
>>
>> The updated script can be downloaded from:
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/unofficial-sigs
>>
>> All the best!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
>

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