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Date:      Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:07:53 +0900
From:      Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To:        Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hubs <hubs@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvsup*.uk.freebsd.org
Message-ID:  <m2pqe9f8ae.wl%randy@psg.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120124150146.GA17973@in-addr.com>
References:  <m2k44hhdmk.wl%randy@psg.com> <m2ipk1hdbw.wl%randy@psg.com> <20120124150146.GA17973@in-addr.com>

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> There is only one working cvsup server in the UK.  All the hostnames are
> CNAMEs to sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk.  There is/was one server at cvsup.plig.net
> but its decomissioned and no longer answers.
> 
> Robert Watson looked at the sesame problem earlier (
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hubs/2012-January/002413.html )
> and it appears that the upstream server is/was refusing connections

perhaps when one or more servers are *known* not to be current, they
should downed and/or their dns turned off.  

having non-current servers up is costing our fellow sysadmins a lot of
wasted time.

randy



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