[sniffer] Re: Update Script - Replace WGET and GZIP with CURL

2008-10-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi Pete, Agreed, with WGET it gets quite a bit complicated (because it really doesn't understand the GZ format). That's why you currently have to override the filename, call it GZ, then call GZIP to unzip it. I've come to the conclusion that it's not worth the trouble with WGET (as you surmised,

[sniffer] Rulebase, bogus UTC Timestamps?

2008-10-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi Pete, I'm running a Sniffer service on a secondary system so that I can test my rulebase update script. After I changed to curl (to maintain the server timestamps), I'm now seeing the following in the status.minute.log: rulebase utc=20081008183610 / active utc=20081008183610 /

[sniffer] Re: Updated getRuleBase.cmd

2008-10-08 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Andy, Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 12:52:59 PM, you wrote: Hi, After resolving the issues with UTC vs. local time (apparently the Sniffer service doesnt actually use a version identifier inside the SNF file, but relies on the Windows file date to determine what rulebase version

[sniffer] Re: Updated getRuleBase.cmd

2008-10-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi, Yes, recent Windows curl builds will convert between UTC and local time. I was just caught off-guard, that Sniffer is using an external datum which is subject for wanted or unwanted manipulation for something as crucial as determining the file version of the rule base? If (due to copying