Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:01:04 -0400 (EWT) | From | "Nicholas J. Leon" <> | Subject | Re: ftp.kernel.org full of lamers not using mirrors. (Possible f |
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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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