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Date:      Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:58:50 -0500 (EST)
From:      Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001211955170.93399-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000121154014.B43755@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, David O'Brien wrote:

> Possibly, being ping'able should be be a requirement to being a CVSup
> mirror.

I don't think it makes sense to try to dictate network policy to people
who are doing the FreeBSD Project a favor.  Anyway, an application-level
round-trip time measurement would probably be more accurate, because
some routers treat ICMP and TCP packets differently.

--
 Ben Rosengart

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.



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