Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 10:04:39 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications Message-ID: <87u1c94epk.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> In-Reply-To: <87r87d5vfg.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> (Kirk Strauser's message of "Mon, 05 May 2003 09:18:11 -0500") 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>
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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.
--
Kirk Strauser
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