[mod-security-users] rules-updater.pl

[Ralf S. <sof...@op...>]

Hi,

I have been following and using Modsecurity for several years now.
Modsecurity has become a great product. Especially 2.5.x is the killer.
I have several customers using the open source version. They are all
very pleased and think about deploying the commercial version.
 
When 2.5 was released I notices the appearance of rules-updater.pl.

http://www.modsecurity.org/projects/modsecurity/apache/new_in_2.5.html
"To help address this problem, the 2.5 code archive includes a
supporting tool called rules-updater.pl that can be used to periodically
check the ModSecurity Rules Repository to automatically download new
rules."

I have search the mailing list archive on this tool. Nobody appears to
bother and I wonder that until today I have not found the repository
mentioned on the webpage.

On the other hand, the core rules have not changed often in the last
couple of month. There might not be a need for public repository. 

What is the official state of this tool? Is it just for private use?

Kind regards,

Ralf