Curl Command to download Quova Data in Risk Authentication

Products

• CA Risk Authentication
• CA Advanced Authentication

Issue/Introduction

Customers can download the Quova data files using a CURL command. This document shares that CURL command.

Environment

Release : 9.1

Component : RiskMinder(Arcot RiskFort)

Cause

Customer's CURL command does not download the correct Quova data file.  Customer use the Curl command that is not correct.

curl -k -v  -o anonymizers.dat.gz -u YOUREMAIL:YOURPASSWORD https://ftp.broadcom.com/secureuser/downloads/pub/ArcotEnterprise/RiskMinder/Quova_Data/anonymizers.dat.gz

The result of this command leads to small corrupt /anonymizers.dat.gz. The corrupted file cannot be unzipped.

Resolution

The correct format of the Curl command is as follows:

curl -k -v  -o anonymizers.dat.gz -u YOUREMAIL:YOURPASSWORD https://ftp.broadcom.com/RiskMinder/Quova_Data/anonymizers.dat.gz

Additional Information

Kindly also refer to this advisory -  (Announcement of change of URL to download Quova Data)

https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/product-advisories/Change-in-FTP-download-strategy-and-Quova-Data-Tool-Update/18110

Using this new URL you should see the files as in screen shot below  - https://ftp.broadcom.com/RiskMinder/Quova_Data/

When an incorrect URL is used  note then only 140 bytes of data is transferred and the zip file that is downloaded is corrupted.