Prepared by NOD32 Hong Kong
May 2004

NOD32 Administrator version provides the function of creating virus definition mirror site. You can setup a similar update server on Linux platform too.

Requirement

any package of NOD32 for Linux (with /usr/sbin/nod32umc)

apache (any version, with authentication module)

you can recommended to use the latest versions of these software

Setup

Suppose you want to setup your mirror site in the directory /opt/nod32mirror. You need a valid update key for NOD32 windows platform. Now input the key in the file /opt/nod32mirror/nod32.auth

username=xxxxxx
password=xxxxxx

Change the file mod

chmod 600 /opt/nod32mirror/nod32.auth

create a new file /etc/cron.hourly/nod32_win_update_mirror

#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/nod32umc -a /opt/nod32mirror/nod32.auth \
-s http://www.eset.sk/ /mnt/hda1/services/mirrornod32 \
NOD32MOD_WINNT_ENGLISH_BASE
/usr/sbin/nod32umc -a /opt/nod32mirror/nod32.auth \
-s http://www.eset.sk/ /mnt/hda1/services/mirrornod32 \
NOD32MOD_WIN98_ENGLISH_BASE

Change the file mod

chmod 755 /etc/cron.hourly/nod32_win_update_mirror

Add the following text in your apache config file
(/etc/http/httpd.conf or /etc/apache2/httpd.conf in SuSE)

Alias /nod32update/ "/opt/nod32mirror/"
<Directory "/opt/nod32mirror/">
Options None
AllowOverride Limit AuthConfig
Order deny,allow
</Directory>

Restart the apache to take effect. Now setup a password to protect the mirror update site

Create a file /opt/nod32mirror/.htaccess

AuthName "NOD32 Mirror Update"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /opt/nod32mirror/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

Setup your username and password

/path/to/htpasswd -m -c /opt/nod32mirror/.htpasswd

Now you can set point NOD32 (Windows version) update site to your server:
http://youdomain.com/nod32update