Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 17:07:47 +0300 From: "Mikhail A. Sokolov" <mishania@demos.net> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mirroring of ftp.freebsd.org (wcarchive.cdrom.com) Message-ID: <19981104170747.40886@demos.su> In-Reply-To: <199811041314.FAA28788@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman <dg@root.com> on Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 05:14:36AM -0800 References: <199811041314.FAA28788@implode.root.com>
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Very unpleasant attitude towards mirrors. Even worse than Microsoft's, you know. On Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 05:14:36AM -0800, David Greenman wrote: # I would like to warn everyone here that I am clamping down a bit a abusive # mirrors of ftp.freebsd.org (wcarchive.cdrom.com). An abusive mirror is one # that: # # 1) Mirrors ftp.cdrom.com more than 4 times a day without prior permission # 2) Has multiple mirrors running simultaneously # 3) Downloads the same files over and over again, day after day # # If your site falls into any of the above 3 categories and I happen to # notice, I will block the machine from further access to wcarchive. # I would also highly recommend that any mirrors have a reverse DNS entry. # I'm much more likely to kill it off if it has no name and apears to be # abusive than I would be if I recognize the machine as legitimate. # # -DG # # David Greenman # Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project -- -mishania To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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