Re: ftp.kernel.org full of lamers not using mirrors. (Possible f

Nicholas J. Leon (nicholas@binary9.net)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:01:04 -0400 (EWT)


On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Raymond W. Lucke IV wrote:

# I would like to propose something for ftp.kernel.org....
# create ftp1.kernel.org, ftp2.kernel.org, etc.. that way, it will be like
#
# ftp1.kernel.org (USA - San Jose, CA)
# ftp2.kernel.org (USA - Seattle, WA)
# ftp3.kernel.org (USA - New York, NY)
# ftp4.kernel.org (USA - Boston, MA)
# ftp5.kernel.org (Finland - Helsinki)
#

And, it's trivial to add a round-robin cgi reflector to some sort of index
directory, say "http://www.kernel.org/linux/src/".

If we wanted to a lasting solution, we should look at how CPAN is handled
and steal^H^H^H^H^Hborrow their ideas.

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