Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: ftp.kernel.org overloaded | Date | 1 Sep 1998 05:23:50 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980831202425.31957B-100000@labyrinth.logic.net> By author: "Edward S. Marshall" <emarshal@logic.net> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Mark A. Bentley wrote: > > DNS could be setup such that when ftp users attempt to connect to > > ftp.kernel.org, it resolves to one of the mirror sites. > > DNS round-robin is probably the best idea I've heard so far, but there's a > problem: everyone has to agree to the same directory layout. > > Once done, however, you have a scheme much like CPAN. And their system > works wonderfully, with a single router script at www.perl.com. >
Enough sites have said OK either use a virtual host or put a symlink in their root directory (the proposed URL is {http://www,ftp://ftp}.<region>.mirror.kernel.org/kernel.org) that I think this is doable. I just need to get a small cluster of cycles to open the registry.
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