[om-infra] New mirror: ftp.acc.umu.se

Jean-Claude Vanier jclvanier at gmail.com
Sun Apr 9 11:08:55 EDT 2017


For the fun, this site: http://www.dcode.fr/adresse-ip
returns 7 ipv4 and 6 ipv6 addresses for http://ftp.acc.umu.se

2017-04-09 16:07 GMT+02:00 Niklas Edmundsson <nikke at acc.umu.se>:
> On Sun, 9 Apr 2017, Jean-Claude Vanier wrote:
>
>> Ok, I used those (French) sites:
>> https://www.hostip.fr/
>> http://trouver-ip.com/
>> The first one says it uses www.maxmind.com
>
>
> Thanks. We'll see to submitting corrections after we've gotten the registrar
> information right.
>
> Just for fun, you can try enter both the ipv4 and ipv6 addresses of
> ftp.acc.umu.se on https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-demo - you'll find that
> they give different locations and ISP/Organization info.
>
> Oh well, at least they get the country right which is what matters most.
>
>
>>
>> 2017-04-09 13:47 GMT+02:00 Niklas Edmundsson <nikke at acc.umu.se>:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 9 Apr 2017, Jean-Claude Vanier wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Which particular service told you the IP is located in Stockholm?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/openmandriva.org/ --> ping ftp.acc.umu.se
>>>> --> 194.71.11.173 --> Stockholm (according to the IP geolocators)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, it's the "IP geolocators" that I need more details on.
>>>
>>> I already know which IP addresses we have ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2017-04-08 22:51 GMT+02:00 Niklas Edmundsson <nikke at acc.umu.se>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 8 Apr 2017, Jean-Claude Vanier wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Niklas,
>>>>>> first of all, we 'd like to thank you very much for your offer. We
>>>>>> really appreciate!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The link for the mailing lists has been fixed (thank you for letting
>>>>>> us
>>>>>> know).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The format we use in the mirrors lists includes the city name where
>>>>>> the server is located and the related longitude and latitude.
>>>>>> I thought it was in Umeå, but the IP points to Stockholm.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Umeå, Sweden, Europe is correct.
>>>>>
>>>>> $ host -t loc ftp.acc.umu.se
>>>>> ftp.acc.umu.se location 63 49 17.000 N 20 18 20.000 E 50.00m 1m 30m 10m
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess this is related the the NOTE 2. Is that right ? Anyway, it
>>>>>> seems
>>>>>> there isn't any issue till now :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This IP segment was previously used by ftp.sunet.se located in Uppsala,
>>>>> which is close to Stockholm but not quite. It's now used to provide our
>>>>> dedicated network capacity for the file archive.
>>>>>
>>>>> We're working together with SUNET to get everything we can control
>>>>> updated.
>>>>> Which particular service told you the IP is located in Stockholm?
>>>>>
>>>>> Routing-wise Stockholm isn't that wrong however, since it's the
>>>>> location
>>>>> where most peering in Sweden happen...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>> For the infra team
>>>>>> Jean-Claude Vanier
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2017-04-08 11:04 GMT+02:00 Niklas Edmundsson via OM-Infra
>>>>>> <om-infra at ml.openmandriva.org>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to follow the instructions on
>>>>>>> https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/Mirroring in order to announce our
>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>> OpenMandriva mirror, but the workshop team contact link
>>>>>>> http://ml.openmandriva.org/listinfo.cgi does not seem to be working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After a bit of searching I found this email address/list that might
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> reaching the correct people, if not please pass this on to the
>>>>>>> correct
>>>>>>> place.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyhow:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Academic Computer Club, Umeå University, Sweden, hereby announces the
>>>>>>> intent
>>>>>>> to provide a mirror of OpenMandriva.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ftp.acc.umu.se enjoys 20 Gbps dedicated connectivity through SUNET,
>>>>>>> providing good connectivity to Sweden and also the rest of the
>>>>>>> Nordics
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> most of Europe via NORDUnet peering.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We pull twice daily from
>>>>>>> rsync://mirror.yandex.ru/openmandriva/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * HTTP base URL:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/openmandriva.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * FTP:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, but do not publish a clickable link. The cluster is highly
>>>>>>> optimised
>>>>>>> for http, users requiring ftp can usually figure it out due to the
>>>>>>> host
>>>>>>> name.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * rsync base URL:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> rsync://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/openmandriva.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Contact email
>>>>>>> ftp-adm at acc.umu.se
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *NOTE*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ftp.acc.umu.se is an alias pointing to the available frontends at the
>>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>> When using MirrorBrain you might have to explicitly tell it to NOT
>>>>>>> resolve
>>>>>>> the ftp.acc.umu.se name into components, or problems will ensue when
>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>> change the setup.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *NOTE2*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Our setup uses HTTP redirects to offload requests to specific offload
>>>>>>> hosts,
>>>>>>> the mirror status checking mechanism needs to allow redirects and not
>>>>>>> treat
>>>>>>> them as errors. It is also important to NOT cache the URLs resulting
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> the redirects, end users should always be served the ftp.acc.umu.se
>>>>>>> host
>>>>>>> name.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On behalf of the ftp.acc.umu.se admins,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /Nikke
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>>>>>>  Niklas Edmundsson, Admin @ {acc,hpc2n}.umu.se      |
>>>>>>> nikke at acc.umu.se
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>  "I just figured you'd be terrified and I'd be sarcastic about it." -
>>>>>>> Anya
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> OM-Infra mailing list
>>>>>>> OM-Infra at ml.openmandriva.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://ml.openmandriva.org/mailman/listinfo/om-infra_ml.openmandriva.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /Nikke
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>>>>  Niklas Edmundsson, Admin @ {acc,hpc2n}.umu.se      |
>>>>> nikke at acc.umu.se
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>  Rush thinks he's a wit.   He's half right.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /Nikke
>>> --
>>>
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>>  Niklas Edmundsson, Admin @ {acc,hpc2n}.umu.se      |
>>> nikke at acc.umu.se
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>  WILDNET: If you're interested in something different.
>>>
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>>
>>
>
>
> /Nikke
> --
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>  Niklas Edmundsson, Admin @ {acc,hpc2n}.umu.se      |     nikke at acc.umu.se
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Those who can, do.  Those who can't, simulate.
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