Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 16:13:28 +0000 From: Olafur Osvaldsson <oli@isnic.is> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications Message-ID: <20030505161328.GC64730@isnic.is> In-Reply-To: <87llxl4ce0.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> References: <20030504100447.GU12792@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <200305042336.h44NaoM7023683@gw.catspoiler.org> <20030504235059.GB42024@isnic.is> <20030505001955.GB92114@opiate.soulwax.net> <87r87d5vfg.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> <87u1c94epk.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> <20030505153116.GC74924@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <87llxl4ce0.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net>
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Kirk,
On Mon, 05 May 2003, Kirk Strauser wrote:
> At 2003-05-05T15:31:16Z, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> writes:
>
> > or something like this?
> >
> > security_advisory_mirror_list="ftp0 ftp1 ftp2 ftp3 ftp4 ftp5 ftp6 ftp7"
> >
> > getMirror () {
> > set -- $security_advisory_mirror_list
> > security_advisory_mirror=$(eval echo '$'`jot -r 1 1 $#`)
> > }
>
> There's nothing at all wrong with that. My goal, though was to
> automatically add that functionality to *every* program that would
> ordinarily connect to ftp.freebsd.org. With the exception of changing some
> default values, no programs would have to be modified to get the new
> rotating-mirror capability.
There is one big problem with that, the ftp[1-9]? servers are all in the US,
there should be a way to impliment this with the int. mirrors to.
Wich brings up one question, why isn't there a us.FreeBSD.org domain for the US
mirrors.
/Oli
P.S. Copy sent to freebsd-hubs also.
--
Olafur Osvaldsson
Systems Administrator
Internet a Islandi hf.
Tel: +354 525-5291
Email: oli@isnic.is
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