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ClamAV Forced Upgrade Breaks Email Servers
An anonymous reader writes "A couple of weeks ago Sourcefire announced end-of-life for version 0.94 of its free ClamAV antivirus package (and in fact has been talking about it for six months). The method that Sourcefire chose to retire 0.94 was to shut down the server that provided its service. Those who had failed to upgrade are scrambling now. Many systems have no choice but to disable virus checking in order to continue to process email. I am very glad I saw the announcement last week!"
Either :
-Follow the mailing list where there as been numerous e-mails telling that the support would end
or
-Use a repository that updates your server easily
Wining was not an option here...
Menzoberranzan Networks
1s44c, please don't take this as criticism toward you. I'm just taking this as an example.
Most people on IT really have no idea what high-availability is. They should talk to some people on the telecom industry.
For example: having 2 systems that are virtually equal, one as backup as the other, is just not HA. For real HA, you need to have 2 systems as different from each other as possible, including bands. One box is Intel ? Make the other AMD. It is even better if you can have a PC and a non-PC system, but usually you can't justify the budget for that.
This is called "single point of failure". And, as you said, that is EXACTLY where the problem will happen.
morcego
In the three weeks since I inherited the admin position at my office, the sternest warning I ever got from ClamAV was from log messages saying I had an outdated version but "DON'T PANIC." So, I think to myself, it says don't panic, so don't panic--we're going to be building a new mail server in a few months anyway, so why worry? It's not like good open-source developers would ever pull a b.s. Microsoft move like intentionally throwing a kill switch on old versions of their software.
Yeah, caveat emptor, you get what you pay for, etc. I know.
> At least their error messages are descriptive and informative.
Indeed. Accurate error messages are something that Microsoft never quite achieved, and Apple never even tried. "It does not work, please have a look at our website www.fuckandall.com for possible causes" - I hate that!