Hello Stefan,

What happens to firewalls that do not run 24/7?

Will this job be performed after 12 hours have passed no matter how long? So let’s say I shut down a system for a day, would the job run immediately?

-Michael

> On 8 May 2022, at 14:23, Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
> ---
> config/cron/crontab | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/config/cron/crontab b/config/cron/crontab
> index d61d26619..c42104626 100644
> --- a/config/cron/crontab
> +++ b/config/cron/crontab
> @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ HOME=/
> # Update location database
> %hourly,random * [ -f "/var/ipfire/red/active" ] && /usr/local/bin/update-location-database >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
> -# Update surciata rules.
> -%daily,random * [ -f "/var/ipfire/red/active" ] && /usr/local/bin/update-ids-ruleset >/dev/null 2>&1
> +# Perform a surciata rules update every 12 hours.
> +@ 12h [ -f "/var/ipfire/red/active" ] && /usr/local/bin/update-ids-ruleset >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
> # Retry sending spooled mails regularly
> %hourly * /usr/sbin/dma -q
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>