[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#507132: Bug#507132: connection errors

[Stephen Gran]

This one time, at band camp, Michelle Konzack said:
> I have installed  "clamav-freshclam"  but  I  can  not  connect  to  the
> database "db.fr.clamav.net" and this has nothing to do with my  Internet
> connection, since I can send/receive E-Mails and connect over mozilla or
> iceape to the internet...
> 
> ----8<------------------------------------------------------------------
> Setting up clamav-freshclam (0.90.1dfsg-4etch15) ...
> Starting database update:
> ClamAV update process started at Fri Nov 28 11:44:59 2008
> WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
> WARNING: Local version: 0.90.1 Recommended version: 0.94.2
> DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq
> ----8<------------------------------------------------------------------

I can only recommend using the packages from volatile.debian.org.
0.90.1 is old enough to be basically useless for any real activity.

> ----8<------------------------------------------------------------------
> nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs)
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.fr.clamav.net (IP: 91.193.56.105)
> Trying host db.fr.clamav.net (193.52.101.131)...
> nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs)
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.fr.clamav.net (IP: 193.52.101.131)
> Trying host db.fr.clamav.net (193.218.105.9)...
> nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs)
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.fr.clamav.net (IP: 193.218.105.9)
> Trying host db.fr.clamav.net (212.180.1.29)...
> nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs)
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.fr.clamav.net (IP: 212.180.1.29)
> Trying host db.fr.clamav.net (213.251.187.177)...
> nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs)
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.fr.clamav.net (IP: 213.251.187.177)
> ERROR: getpatch: Can't download main-43.cdiff from db.fr.clamav.net
> ----8<------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> If I am connecting over mozilla manualy to <http://db.fr.clamav.net/> it
> works  immediately  and   after  15   seconds   I   am   redirected   to
> <http://www.clamav.net/>.

This looks to me like you have a firewall or something in the way.  I
can't reproduce the problem, at any rate.  Even the ancient version you
have installed can manage to make a connection to the IP addresses in
the list.

I'm afraid you're the only one who can debug this, so please
tcpdump/strace/whatever works for you for figuring out where the traffic
is going instead of the mirror.

Cheers,
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