On Friday 11 May 2007 5:00 pm, Kevin W. Gagel wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > >Most common usage is: > > > > $ sa-update > > > >Or, if you want to see what it's doing: > > > > $ sa-update -D > > > >Unless you are adding extra channels or doing something strange with it, > >you shouldn't need more than that. > > OK, got all those RTFM answers :-) - I get that... > > But when was this introduced and what is it for and what is a channel? I > use rulesdejur is this a replacement for that or is it specificly to update > the SA rules so we don't have to update the whole package all the time. The > man does not answer these questions. I'm just trying to understand what it > is all about. > > Thanks. > > ================================= > Kevin W. Gagel > Network Administrator > Information Technology Services > (250) 562-2131 local 448 > My Blog: > http://mail.cnc.bc.ca/blogs/gagel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > The College of New Caledonia, Visit us at http://www.cnc.bc.ca > Virus scanning is done on all incoming and outgoing email. > Anti-spam information for CNC can be found at http://avas.cnc.bc.ca > -------------------------------------------------------------------
Kevin, sa-update is, indeed, a means to "update the SA rules so we don't have to update the whole package all the time", or something like that. RulesDuJour should probably be considered a way to supplement SA's rules with those built by the SARE ninjas and others. The sa-update channel is the remote location of the updated SA rules that sa-update fetches. Clear? Dimitri -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
