McAfee autoupdate & wrapper

[Randal, Phil]

> 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,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK