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From: jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au>
To: mirror-maintainer@mirror.averse.net
Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, <hubs@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: ftp-master access to HP-internal ftp mirror?
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 mirror-maintainer@mirror.averse.net wrote:

> > and one of our internal ftp-mirrors to get access to ftp-master
> > so that he can directly mirror from ftp-master for fast access
> > to any stuff onto our (HP) internal ftp mirror site.
> > How should I arrange this?
> > Wilko
> > (see also http://testdrive.compaq.com etc)
>
> Do they actually need up to the minute/hour access to the ftp repository?
>
> My take is that, given limited resources, only the major public mirrors
> require direct access to ftp-master and everyone else, including private
> mirrors and smaller public mirrors, can select the closest available
> mirror.

i'm normally pretty pedantic about this too, but for large vendors supporting
freebsd, i always think it is good to make exceptions in the interests of
promoting freebsd..

ftp-master access to an internal HP archive to support a userbase of > 100K
users seems quite reasonable.

regards,

-jason


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