From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FpLEp-00053v-3I for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:24:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5B8MgO3029830; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:22:42 GMT Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.194]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5B8IBb3021797 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:18:12 GMT Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id z3so1071767nzf for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:18:11 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NoBgg9SbHRw6EL3yEUbPEVcebl8URtSc5cAoHjI6rDIuD2g/8A5mumMMv2mgqzmOSe1Vcv1ruxZlJO848ANiXTo4QSoyCwmg5DCkE8f01+N875lvdXjdV5kHtab2K9iJ+OQEb/rmzK49UAUcp1Pnvnad28mM1UmDa+WH3znFZKA= Received: by 10.37.15.52 with SMTP id s52mr6788523nzi; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.104.9 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <358eca8f0606110118g63c06eden5c29fedac7e06859@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:18:11 +0000 From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator In-Reply-To: <20060611024303.GA26116@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060610033154.GA22420@waltdnes.org> <448A6201.6090900@cs.umn.edu> <20060611024303.GA26116@waltdnes.org> X-Archives-Salt: 97132b78-9135-4f1e-ab33-7d7808cea177 X-Archives-Hash: 2c6496f461d4a72ff4de66a4df3eed1f On 11/06/06, Walter Dnes wrote: [snip . . . ] > My approach is to make *LOCAL* copies on the client from mirrors. The > local server just happens to be the first mirror on the list. If it > doesn't have a required file, no problem, check the next mirror in the > list. The clients never have to write on the local server. Thanks Walter for a clear explanation of your system. How does boa compares with http-replicator in terms of functionality/security? PS. Other than not running portmapper is there a way of securing it? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list