Mirror Site Form Letter

[Ken Smith]

One thing Jun asked me to do is be the first to respond to a new
mirror site request, passing on the results to him.  I'd like to
have a form letter that takes care of collecting all the info
that should be recorded about a site, as well as making sure that
they seem to know what they're doing (using my previous example,
making sure it's not a teenager who thinks his new broadband connection
is cool...).

Can you please comment (to me) on the following?  Is it appropriate?
Did I miss anything?  I am also interested in how well it can be read
and understood by people whose first language is not English.  Is
this too "American" in how things are said?  Should things be phrased
a bit differently so they are better understood by a wider variety
of people?

Thanks...

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Please do not feel insulted by the following questions.  We receive offers
to become an Official FreeBSD Mirror from a wide range of people.  Some of
those people fully realize the responsibilities they are taking on.  Others
do not know what they are getting themselves into.  The information requested
below is meant to help us make sure you do realize what it is you are getting
into as well as provide us with some information that will help us integrate
your site into the Mirror System.

1) What is your Organization's name and location (Country, City, and
   State/Province/etc)?

2) Please provide a contact name, email address, and phone number.

3) What is the speed of your Network connection(s) and what Regional
   Network(s) are you connected to?

4) What is the current machine architecture (processor, physical memory,
   and disk space provided for mirroring) and Operating System (we will
   NOT hold it against you if this is not FreeBSD).  Please also include
   the hostname and IP address.

5) What FTP Daemon do you use (ProFTP, wu-FTP, etc)?  If users will have
   access via the Web which Web Server to you use (Apache?)?

6) Do you run the mirroring data pulls as a different user than your
   anonymous FTP user?  This is not a requirement at this time but
   but it is highly advisable.  The FreeBSD Releases are now being
   staged to the mirror sites several days before Release Day with
   the file permissions closed down and this split user setup is the
   only way that can work.

7) What would you prefer to use for your data pulls?  Tier-1 Mirror
   Sites can use cvsup, the various FTP based tools (omi, mirror, etc),
   or rsync.

8) What do you use to limit the impact of your FTP server on your
   network?  Typically this is a bandwidth limit or a limit on the
   number of anonymous FTP users.

9) If you are not completely in charge of your site (for example, if
   you are the Administrator of one Department inside of a University)
   have you obtained the permission of the Organization to become a
   Mirror Site?  At times being a Mirror Site may have a noticable
   impact on your Organization's network infrastructure.

Thanks for your interest in providing a FreeBSD Mirror Site.


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						Ken Smith
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