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Re: cdn.debian.net as a project service?



On 2011-03-10, Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 08:58:55AM +0000, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
>> What would it take to get cdn.debian.net become a service provided by
>> the project? In other words, cdn.debian.org, instead of cdn.debian.net.
>> If we had cdn.debian.org, we could make it into a default mirror (which
>> could potentially skip one question in the installer), debmirror,
>> pbuilder, piuparts, and other tools that need to have a mirror
>> specified, making it easier to use the tools. It would also be a boon
>> for those who travel a lot.
> Isn't ftp.debian.org resolving to different addresses depending on your
> geolocalization nowadays ?

security is, ftp.debian.org isn't.  It's even special as it's a mirror
that's synced pretty early.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern


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