McAfee autoupdate & wrapper

[Rabellino Sergio]

Randal, Phil wrote:
>>Randal wrote:
>>
>>>One option which might be worth pursuing is abandoning the
>>
>>use of the
>>
>>>"released" DAT files and just downloading the DAILY dat
>>
>>files once every few
>>
>>>hours.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/daily_dats/DAILYDAT.TAR
>>
>>>NAI are totally reluctant to produce an incremental
>>
>>extra.dat file, alas
>>
>>>(yes, I've raised the issue with them).
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>
>>Why download the TAR (4Mb) if I know that my dats are not
>>older than those contained in it ?
>
>
> Tell me how you know your dats are not older.
>
> AFAIK, there's no way to tell, because NAI, in their infinite wisdom,
> datestamp them and upload them hourly EVEN IF THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED.
>
> Cheers,
>

You're right ! I believe that it's better to check for "released" rather than download raw tar from NAI every hour.

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