Re: [WBEL-devel] Re: [WBEL-users] Security updates

John Morris wrote:

>On Thu, 20 May 2004, Milan [iso-8859-2] Ker¹láger wrote:
>
>  
>
>>as there are troubles with WBEL mirrors and with release delays, I
>>suggest to update all needed components by hand. This mean download from
>>http://whiteboxlinux.org/pub/3.0/en/updates already released updates:
>>    
>>
>
>The problem was too many people trying to download direct.  Which is why I
>have killed http access to the whole /pub tree as of this afternoon.  And
>why the rsync appears to have finished between here and NCSU.  Really
>didn't want to have to do that, but it was the only way.  After I get the 
>latest batch of errata posted I'll switch it back on.
>
>Longer term I'm really wondering how to get new versions out.  
>

Would some sort of multi-tiered mirroring be appropriate?  Perhaps you 
can provide the official site, with a few high bandwidth primary 
mirrors. From there the secondary mirrors can rsync the updates.  (that 
is what I do now for my own mirror server. It handles updates for about 
40 boxes)

Then setup and distribute the default up2date and yum configuration 
files to point to a round robin DNS entry such as: 
update.us.mirror.whiteboxlinux.org. (replace "us" where appropriate)

I would not mind hosting such a secondary mirror.  I have a total of 3 
Mbits that does not do too much at night, and I can spare 1 Mbit during 
the day.  If we can get several people to host secondary mirrors for 
updates that would remove your overworked T1 from getting pounded from 
default installs updating.

>The only
>idea that seems to have the potential to really solve the problem is DVD's
>via overnight delivery.  
>
The DVD idea may still be a good idea for the primary mirrors.


~Sean

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