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Subject: Re: Using http mirrors
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On 5 January 2013 11:14, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The submitter of ports/174427 tells me that using http for mirrors is
> faster, due to the lack of authentication etc.
>
> I'm not convinced that the speed difference is huge, but can anyone
> think of any reasons not to apply this patch?  It will affect large
> numbers of ports.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=174427

Please apply this. HTTP is a generally saner protocols, especially for
people behind firewalls.

-- 
Simon L. B. Nielsen