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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