Suggestion for Sophos updates
Brandon Friedman
brandonf at BFCONSULT.CO.ZA
Tue Jun 18 16:04:53 IST 2002
Yes, but surely the Sophos update server are built to cope?
How many people world wide use Sophos to update?
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A bit off the topic - what is the licencing with Sophos is this version
I download free?
Patterson S.R. wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Brandon Friedman [mailto:brandonf at BFCONSULT.CO.ZA]
>>Sent: 18 June 2002 15:39
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>>Quick questions.... I used the rpms and installed Sophos, I
>>see it creates a cron job in cron.daily.
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>>Would there be problem setting it up as an hourly job?
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> Not as such, but it might be a little unfair on poor old Sophos's
> website if every mailscanner user starts automatically downloading new
> virus signatures every hour (half hour? Minute?) We run the update
> script twice a day here, I think that 2-3 times per day is as much as
> is sensible and considerate.
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> Steven Patterson, MSci. Tel: +44 (0)2380 595810
> Electronic Information Systems Support and Development
> Computing Services, University of Southampton, UK.
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