also sprach martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> [2005.08.26.1907 +0200]: > security.debian.org is not a server, it's a DNS A record. It's > a whole lot easier to point that elsewhere in case of problems than > expecting users to make sense of the errors they get when some > servers can't be reached. Ah, but this will of course fail for all those stuck on the network of T-Online and similarly incompetent ISPs, who can't run proper DNS resolver caches. One way we could do this is by providing multiple A records for s.d.o and hacking APT so that when it receives multiple A records for a DNS name, it tries them in turn and only reports an error when all of them failed. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! this message represents the official view of the voices in my head.
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