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

  • From: Noel Butler <noel.butler@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: sanesecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:01:38 +1000

As usual, great work Bill, thanks!


On Sun, 2013-08-25 at 13:48 -0700, Bill Landry 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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