I don't mind having people mirror off debian.crosslink.net; it has
lots of capacity. The past problems with debian.crosslink.net not
mirroring correctly, and the underlying problem of my having no time
to fix it, have been resolved. Currently I'm mirroring it over
rsync/ssh to master; but by hand
> Lets ask Andrew to add CHAP like authentication - that will clear my
> complaints. I don't like the idea of IP based authentication, it is weak
> and it is a pain to admin.
Too late --- he's already added it :-)
In the /etc/rsyncd.conf file on the target, you need something like this:
[debia
based authentication, it is weak
and it is a pain to admin.
> Given the large number of mirrors (ftp and www) it would be a good idea if we
> set up
> a more formal mirroring policy. My proposal would be to switch to anon rsync
> on
> master which is restricted to 3 primary ftp a
> As quite a number of people are currently using rsync to mirror, is it
> really worth it to make a change?
It's worth at least setting up annon rsync, because it means that the data
does not get run through ssh at each end, thus saving CPU cycles and 10% (or
more) of the bandwidth.
For restri
y Debian sites (va and master. It would be a good idea to minimize the
net load from mirroring so they can be used for other tasks).
Given the large number of mirrors (ftp and www) it would be a good idea if we
set up
a more formal mirroring policy. My proposal would be to switch to anon rs
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