handbook/mirrors-ftp.html refers to incomplete 'FreeBSD mirror sites database'

SWITCHmirror Admins switchmirror at switch.ch
Tue Feb 23 12:52:26 UTC 2010


Hi FreeBSD Doc Master

I just saw, that on
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html
it says
> The FreeBSD mirror sites database is more accurate than the mirror
> listing in the Handbook, as it gets its information from the DNS
> rather than relying on static lists of hosts.

and refers to http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/

However, that service is not up to date any more. The drop down list
does not include Switzerland (CH) and surely also some other countries
which are listed on
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html

In addition, the web site http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/FBSDsites.php
claims 'This website is maintained by Jarrod Sayers.' But the link
behind the name
  http://www.netleader.com.au/
returns '403 Forbidden'.

Thanks for checking that and fixing it appropriately.

Thomas
Admin of ftp2.ch.freebsd.org


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