Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Is there some RFC spec about 'use the same IP if you need > consistence?' or like?
I was too focused on DNS before, and there is no problem there. Of course DNS does exactly what we want it to here. However, a case could be made that the inconsistency between APT mirrors served under the same hostname breaks HTTP (and perhaps violates it, though I haven’t found a relevant passage), since an HTTP proxy could ask the DNS resolver for a new server to connect to at any time. (Just to be clear, there is no redirection involved here.) $ wget -S http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release --2010-05-20 19:34:35-- http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release Resolving ftp.us.debian.org... 35.9.37.225, 64.50.236.52, 128.30.2.36, ... Connecting to ftp.us.debian.org|35.9.37.225|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... HTTP/1.1 200 OK [...] Should apt’s HTTP method be using IP addresses in its requests instead? Would this be safe, or do some mirrors use virtual hosts? Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
