Furthermore (which I've only just discovered), changing the location from IR to US doesn't mean that your mirror will be accepted and to be honest, this is quite deceptive conduct which I believe (and I feel I can speak on behalf of CentOS/RedHat) warrants not wanting a certain mirror partner on the network. There are a number of systems in place that are used to confirm the location of a host, not to mention that you failed to change your hostnames and the IP address is an identical match for the submission you submitted two days prior. As far as I know, CentOS cannot accept mirrors from a company based in a country with US sanctions, so regardless of whether or not you self-host or use a third-party to host your mirror (such as OVH, Rackspace, etc.) it still cannot be accepted.

And here's a tip - check your traceroutes. I highly doubt US-bound traffic from Australia would route to the US, over to Paris, on to Frankfurt then back to the US.

******************** C:\Users\christopherh>tracert 45.159.199.141

Tracing route to host.sindad.cloud [45.159.199.141] over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms 1 ms 10.200.1.2 2 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms xxxxxxxx [n.n.n.n] 3 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms xxxxxxxx [n.n.n.n] 4 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms xxxxxxxx [n.n.n.n] 5 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms syd-apt-ros-int1-hu0-3-0-2.tpgi.com.au [203.29.134.3] 6 179 ms 179 ms 179 ms ix-et-11-0-2-0.tcore1.lvw-losangeles.as6453.net [64.86.197.96] 7 327 ms 328 ms 327 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore2.lvw-losangeles.as6453.net [66.110.59.2] 8 326 ms 326 ms 326 ms if-ae-36-2.tcore2.aeq-ashburn.as6453.net [216.6.87.110] 9 327 ms 326 ms 326 ms if-ae-12-2.tcore4.njy-newark.as6453.net [216.6.87.43] 10 330 ms 329 ms 330 ms if-ae-1-3.tcore3.njy-newark.as6453.net [216.6.57.5] 11 * * * Request timed out. 12 327 ms * 327 ms if-ae-3-2.tcore1.pye-paris.as6453.net [80.231.154.142] 13 337 ms 336 ms 336 ms if-ae-7-66.tcore2.fnm-frankfurt.as6453.net [195.219.87.42] 14 334 ms 334 ms 334 ms if-ae-12-2.tcore1.fnm-frankfurt.as6453.net [195.219.87.2] 15 412 ms 412 ms 411 ms 195.219.156.149 16 397 ms 397 ms 396 ms 85.132.90.162 17 * * * Request timed out. 18 * * * Request timed out. 19 * * * Request timed out. 20 * * * Request timed out. 21 * * * Request timed out. 22 * * * Request timed out. 23 * * * Request timed out. 24 406 ms 406 ms 406 ms host.sindad.cloud [45.159.199.141]

Trace complete. ********************

Thanks, Christopher Hawker ________________________________ From: Christopher Hawker Sent: Thursday, 14 January 2021 5:02 AM To: Negar Ighanifard ighanifard@sindad.com; Mailing list for CentOS mirrors. centos-mirror@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS-mirror] Mirror Detail

Two days ago, I replied to your email advising that CentOS cannot accept your mirror due to sanctions placed on Iran by the US Government. It is illegal for CentOS to do so.

Due to the US Export Administration Regulations (“export sanctions”) placed on Iran by the US Government, RedHat and CentOS are unable to accept your mirror as a mirror for the CentOS Project.

“CentOS software and technical information may be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a) to a prohibited destination country under the EAR or U.S. sanctions regulations (currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and the Crimea Region of Ukraine, subject to change as posted by the United States government)”

Please do refer to https://www.centos.org/legal/ for more information. We do however thank you for your offer and should circumstances change, The CentOS Project may be able to review this in the future.

Thanks, Christopher Hawker

On 14 Jan 2021, at 12:48 am, Negar Ighanifard via CentOS-mirror centos-mirror@centos.org wrote:

 Dear CentOS Team; Hello

HTTP: http://ir.centos.sindad.cloud/ HTTPS: https:// ir.centos.sindad.cloud

Sync schedule: Every 6 hrs Bandwidth: 10GB Location: US Sponsor: Sindad LLC Sponsor URL: https://sindad.com IPv4 address to authorize: 45.159.199.141 Email contact: ighanifard@sindad.com

Best Regards _______________________________________________ CentOS-mirror mailing list CentOS-mirror@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror

On 23/01/2021 09:09, Mirror-Zero wrote:

Dear CentOS Team;

HTTP: http://centos.zero.com.ar/ HTTPS: https://centos.zero.com.ar/

Sync schedule: Every 6 hrs Bandwidth: 1GB Location: AR Sponsor: Zero.com.ar Sponsor URL: http://www.zero.com.ar IPv4 address to authorize: 190.111.255.61 Email contact: mirror@zero.com.ar

Best Regards

Ip address updated.

Cheers,