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Re: announcing the beginning of security support for testing



Oliver Lupton <oliverlupton@gmail.com> writes:

> Joey Hess wrote:
>
>>deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free
>>deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free
>>
>>Alternatively, replace "secure-testing.debian.net" in the above lines with
>>a mirror near you:
>>
>>	ftp.de.debian.org         (located in Germany)
>>	ftp.nl.debian.org         (located in the Netherlands)
>>	the.earth.li              (located in UK)
>>	ftp2.jp.debian.org        (located in Japan)
>>	farbror.acc.umu.se        (located in Sweden)
>>
>>
> Sorry if this is a newbie question, but why is this 
> secure-testing.debian.net when debian.org is the official site? Is the 
> testing security nonofficial? 

I think in general the distinction is that debian.org machines are
controlled by the debian-admin team, whereas debian.net machines are
not (though they are usually maintained by Debian developers).

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