On 2010-04-08 06:23, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Ralph Angenendt > <ralph.angenendt at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all you mirror people out there, >> >> today I'd like to present a small poll to you, a questionnaire if you like. >> >> a) Which mirror does *NOT* want to carry the DVD isos? > > Only one mirror does not want to but would - not bad, that was what I > wanted to hear ... > >> b) Who of you pull with machines where the IP address is different from >> the host from where you offer the mirror? Which IP address pulls for >> which mirror if your addresses differ? > > Those weren't that many either. I didn't bother responding to the earlier poll, since the defaults were appropriate for us. (I.e. we carry the DVD isos, and have one IP address.) > In your opinion, would you rather go with password based acls or with > ip based acls? We would prefer to stick with IP-based ACL's, as this would require no change at our end. > If there's not that many mirrors which don't pull from the IP they are > serving from, the ip based acls can be calculated "on the fly" with > one more field in the database for machines which have a different > puller. > > Password based ACLs on the other hand could break older, > non-maintained, but working setups - but they are easier to implement > and less error prone. Or also older, maintained and working setups where the owners are either too busy to make changes or don't want to fix what ain't broke! :) But seriously, if you do decide to implement password-based ACL's (as some seem to prefer), could this be done as an optional alternative to IP-based, for those where IP-based isn't practical? That way, the silent majority could just stick with the status quo, while those that want something different have that option. -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil at muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609