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

Niklas Edmundsson nikke at acc.umu.se
Sun Apr 9 11:43:12 EDT 2017


On Sun, 9 Apr 2017, Jean-Claude Vanier wrote:

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

Hilarious!

That one returns MX:es, NS:es and anything in between ;-)

I think that about sums it up: don't trust blindly what random 
internet sites tells you :-)

>
> 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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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Nikke
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>>>>>  Niklas Edmundsson, Admin @ {acc,hpc2n}.umu.se      |
>>>>>> nikke at acc.umu.se
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /Nikke
>>>> --
>>>>
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>>>>  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
>> --
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>>  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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>


/Nikke
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