Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 19:27:04 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications Message-ID: <20030505172704.GY12792@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <87u1c94epk.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>
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# kirk@strauser.com / 2003-05-05 10:04:39 -0500:
> At 2003-05-05T14:18:11Z, Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> writes:
>
> > I'd almost consider adding something like:
> >
> > if ($ftp_servername eq 'ftp.freebsd.org')
> > {
> > die "Use a mirror, please!";
> > }
> >
> > to this and most similar scripts.
>
> Actually, I had an idea:
>
> Debian makes "ftp.us.debian.org" a round-robin pointer to any of a number of
> machines. What about doing the same for FreeBSD, and making scripts replace
> references to "ftp.freebsd.org" with "ftpmirror.freebsd.org" or similar?
> Then, those with specific needs could still download from ftp.freebsd.org,
> but everyone else would automatically get a mirror site.
wouldn't just giving 1< IP addresses for ftp.freebsd.org have the
same effect?
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