Re: Mirrors not allowing Directory Listings

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:46:34AM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> the page
> https://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror#settings
> 
> recommends enabling of directory listings, but it's not requirement.

I find the wording "please ensure" already pretty instructive, possibly
the most instructive we can get with people volunteering their resources
to distribute our works.

> I agree with OP that mirrors should provide listings, although (sane)
> bandwidth/rate limiting could be acceptable and DoS protection as well.

Maybe we can make it a policy not to point "official" names to mirrors
that don't offer directory listings?

Greetings
Marc