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[Roman Neuhauser]

# kirk at strauser.com / 2003-05-05 10:04:39 -0500:
> At 2003-05-05T14:18:11Z, Kirk Strauser <kirk at 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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