Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:33:21 +0100 From: Julian Stacey <jhs@jhs.muc.de> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Cc: bv@wjv.com Subject: Re: Restricting Users Geographically Message-ID: <200201082333.g08NXLn49145@jhs.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Message from Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> of "Mon, 07 Jan 2002 23:03:49 EST." <20020108040349.GA433@wjv.com>
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Bill Vermillion wrote: > > Mirrors should probably be setup on a continental basis, rather > > than a courtry basis. > > Not neccesarily. The backbone I'm on has terabit links to Europe > and some place in Europe are faater to get to than NA link on > slower connections such as running only on T1s or T3s. Yes, I've been wondering for a year or 2 now when someone might want to enhance `fetch` to take into account accumulated & current net heurisitics, to make sensible local decisions about where to try first to fetch source distfiles/ for the stuff in /usr/ports/ I'm too busy/lazy to do it myself, but if someone feels the urge ... :-) Julian J.Stacey Munich Unix (FreeBSD, Linux etc) Independent Consultant Reduce costs to secure jobs: Use free software: http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/free/ Ihr Rauchen = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Schnupftabak probieren ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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