SOLVED Re: No Release file for Security Update SOLVED

[Thomas George <debianlist@mailfence.com>]

  The following sources.list which I copied from 
wiki.debian.org/SourcesList works perfectly for me

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware 
contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware 
contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main 
non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main 
non-free-firmware contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main 
non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security 
main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

Thanks to the many responders who coached me through my rambling, 
incoherent path to this solution.

My apologies to the many responders who I misled with dumb entries.

I hope this ends the search for all.

Tom George

On 1/18/24 13:06, John Hasler wrote:
> Tixy writes:
> > Where could your machine be getting this IP address from?  It's the
> > same IP address shown in your output when you used the incorrect
> > address 'ftp.security.debian.org' and for me that doesn't resolve to
> > any IP address.
> >From here both security.debian.org and ftp.security.debian.org resolve
> to 57.128.81.193.  Happens both with Unbound and with 8.8.8.8.
>
> toncho/~ 22 dig  ftp.security-debian.org
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.19.19-1-Debian <<>> ftp.security-debian.org
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2686
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
>
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;ftp.security-debian.org.       IN      A
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> ftp.security-debian.org. 3296   IN      CNAME   security-debian.org.
> security-debian.org.    3089    IN      A       57.128.81.193
>
> ;; Query time: 0 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.2#53(192.168.1.2) (UDP)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Jan 18 12:03:08 CST 2024
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 101
>
> toncho/~ 22 dig @8.8.8.8 ftp.security-debian.org
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.19.19-1-Debian <<>> @8.8.8.8 ftp.security-debian.org
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 42376
> ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
>
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;ftp.security-debian.org.       IN      A
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> ftp.security-debian.org. 3600   IN      CNAME   security-debian.org.
> security-debian.org.    3600    IN      A       57.128.81.193
>
> ;; Query time: 308 msec
> ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) (UDP)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Jan 18 12:03:42 CST 2024
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 82
>
> toncho/~ 22 dig @8.8.8.8 security-debian.org
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.19.19-1-Debian <<>> @8.8.8.8 security-debian.org
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 13855
> ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
>
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;security-debian.org.           IN      A
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> security-debian.org.    3600    IN      A       57.128.81.193
>
> ;; Query time: 284 msec
> ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) (UDP)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Jan 18 12:05:00 CST 2024
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 64