On Wednesday 03 February 2010 18:35:30 Evan Daniel wrote: > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Matthew Toseland > <t...@amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > > We have SSL certs for https://downloads and https://emu. The update scripts > > use these if sha1test.jar doesn't exist or is too out of date i.e. if the > > install is a relatively old one and hasn't been updated with the script in > > a while. We only have 2 IP addresses at the moment, and SSL domains need a > > dedicated IP address (unless you have a wildcard cert, which we can't > > afford). Do we want to ask for another 2 IP addresses for https://downloads > > and https://emu ? IMHO https://downloads might conceivably be useful, but > > https://emu would be likely purely for purposes of compatibility with old > > update scripts. > > > > Extra IP addresses cost a very small amount, and we know how to set them > > up, so I guess that would be the easiest solution? > > > > The old update.cmd from the java installer uses: > > http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/sha1test.jar > > (This is not a problem) > > The old update.sh from the java installer uses: > > https://emu.freenetproject.org/sha1test.jar > > (This IS a problem) > > The old update.cmd from the windows installer uses: > > https://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/sha1test.jar > > (This is also a problem) > > > > All of these have been updated to > > http[s]://checksums.freenetproject.org/latest/sha1test.jar > > > > How important is it to support old update.sh / update.cmd ? And is it worth > > having https://downloads.freenetproject.org/ for its own sake? > > Would it make sense to support those scripts for a little while, long > enough to update them to the new versions, and then stop supporting > any that weren't updated in that time? That way we only pay for the > ips for a month or two.
They only cost up front, but it might make sense to get rid of https://emu eventually yes.
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