unix definitions

[Quint, Scott]

Anyone,

   I have been attempting to download the UNIX OVAL defs but when I click on the Save XML button, the XML Never comes through and eventually the Browser times out with an error.

1>     Is anyone working to fix this?

2>     Is there another way to get these definitions?

 

Scott Quint

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Senior Automation Engineer

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[Hansbury, Matt]

Hi Scott,

You're hitting a known issue with our infrastructure at the moment.  When you try to save the XML from a search, the code has to construct the XML document from our data store.  In the case where the result set is particularly big, you can get the Apache timeout that you are seeing, as it ends up taking a long time to construct the XML.

We've spent some time trying to extend the timeout, but have had some challenges with our  infrastructure getting that working correctly.  We are currently developing a new set of tools that will solve this problem correctly (essentially by not blocking on the request).  

In the meantime, are you able to chop up the content further?  If you're able to download the content you want in smaller chunks, that would get around the issue.  If that isn't possible, let us know and we'll figure out something else.  

Thanks
Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Quint, Scott [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:48 AM
To: oval-discussion-list OVAL Discussion List/Closed Public Discussi
Subject: [OVAL-DISCUSSION-LIST] unix definitions

Anyone,

   I have been attempting to download the UNIX OVAL defs but when I click on the Save XML button, the XML Never comes through and eventually the Browser times out with an error.

1>     Is anyone working to fix this?

2>     Is there another way to get these definitions?

 

Scott Quint

DTCC CIS

Senior Automation Engineer

[hidden email]

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[Quint, Scott]

Hi Matt,
      Thanks for the reply. Yes, I noticed that the total reported UNIX definitions was over 8000 so I guessed that this may be a size issue. I built an OVAL merge tool so I went ahead and downloaded the pertinent content in pieces and reassembled them into a single file.  
     Of course this leads me to the suggestion that the search page allow the selection of more than one product and or platform in a single search so I don't have to do 17 searches and downloads.

Scott Quint
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Senior Automation Engineer
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hansbury, Matt [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:06 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [OVAL-DISCUSSION-LIST] unix definitions

Hi Scott,

You're hitting a known issue with our infrastructure at the moment.  When you try to save the XML from a search, the code has to construct the XML document from our data store.  In the case where the result set is particularly big, you can get the Apache timeout that you are seeing, as it ends up taking a long time to construct the XML.

We've spent some time trying to extend the timeout, but have had some challenges with our  infrastructure getting that working correctly.  We are currently developing a new set of tools that will solve this problem correctly (essentially by not blocking on the request).  

In the meantime, are you able to chop up the content further?  If you're able to download the content you want in smaller chunks, that would get around the issue.  If that isn't possible, let us know and we'll figure out something else.  

Thanks
Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Quint, Scott [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:48 AM
To: oval-discussion-list OVAL Discussion List/Closed Public Discussi
Subject: [OVAL-DISCUSSION-LIST] unix definitions

Anyone,

   I have been attempting to download the UNIX OVAL defs but when I click on the Save XML button, the XML Never comes through and eventually the Browser times out with an error.

1>     Is anyone working to fix this?

2>     Is there another way to get these definitions?

 

Scott Quint
DTCC CIS
Senior Automation Engineer
[hidden email]
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[Hansbury, Matt]

Scott,

The size is absolutely the issue (although it does also depend on the number of dependencies as well).  Your approach of breaking things up for download, and then re-constructing is by far the easiest way we have (currently) for dealing with that issue, so I'm glad it worked out for you.  

As I said, we are addressing this issue currently.  I will also add a tracker to capture your feature request to allow searches by multiple products and/or platforms.  

You also said that you built an OVAL Merge tool.  It may not help at this point, but our team here also had built a merge tool for the OVAL Utilities project:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ovalutils/

You may be past the point of that being of help to you, but I figured it was worth mentioning.

Thanks
Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Quint, Scott [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:26 PM
To: oval-discussion-list OVAL Discussion List/Closed Public Discussi
Subject: Re: [OVAL-DISCUSSION-LIST] unix definitions

Hi Matt,
      Thanks for the reply. Yes, I noticed that the total reported UNIX definitions was over 8000 so I guessed that this may be a size issue. I built an OVAL merge tool so I went ahead and downloaded the pertinent content in pieces and reassembled them into a single file.  
     Of course this leads me to the suggestion that the search page allow the selection of more than one product and or platform in a single search so I don't have to do 17 searches and downloads.

Scott Quint
DTCC CIS
Senior Automation Engineer
[hidden email]
DTCC Non-Confidential - White

-----Original Message-----
From: Hansbury, Matt [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:06 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [OVAL-DISCUSSION-LIST] unix definitions

Hi Scott,

You're hitting a known issue with our infrastructure at the moment.  When you try to save the XML from a search, the code has to construct the XML document from our data store.  In the case where the result set is particularly big, you can get the Apache timeout that you are seeing, as it ends up taking a long time to construct the XML.

We've spent some time trying to extend the timeout, but have had some challenges with our  infrastructure getting that working correctly.  We are currently developing a new set of tools that will solve this problem correctly (essentially by not blocking on the request).  

In the meantime, are you able to chop up the content further?  If you're able to download the content you want in smaller chunks, that would get around the issue.  If that isn't possible, let us know and we'll figure out something else.  

Thanks
Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Quint, Scott [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:48 AM
To: oval-discussion-list OVAL Discussion List/Closed Public Discussi
Subject: [OVAL-DISCUSSION-LIST] unix definitions

Anyone,

   I have been attempting to download the UNIX OVAL defs but when I click on the Save XML button, the XML Never comes through and eventually the Browser times out with an error.

1>     Is anyone working to fix this?

2>     Is there another way to get these definitions?

 

Scott Quint
DTCC CIS
Senior Automation Engineer
[hidden email]
DTCC Non-Confidential - White


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