From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 13 20:31:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DF7C16A41C for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:31:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB6A43D49 for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:31:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id j5DKWOb79006; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:32:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Jonathan Chen" , "rec chennai" Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:31:25 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20050613194335.GD79678@osiris.chen.org.nz> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: permission for starting a bsd server!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:31:37 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan Chen >Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:44 PM >To: rec chennai >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: permission for starting a bsd server!! > > >On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 10:07:21AM -0700, rec chennai wrote: >> dear sir/ma'am, >> i have a high speed internet conn 512 now. it will be >> 1 mbps in a week. i am attaching my dmesg. i run a >> few services as hobby. irc, ftp, shell, http and >> radio. >> irc://apnagang.ath.cx >> ftp://noodles:123456@apnagang.ath.cx >> shell 61.17.177.29 >> http://apnagang.ath.cx >> radio://apnagang.ath.cx:8001 >> which i find i am wasting for nothing. so i would like >> to have permission to start a mirror in india. i can >> serve the fedora images as cdrom images and dvd >> images. for my indian friends who are linux & *nix >> enthusiast. > >You don't need permission from the list to set up a mirror; but a >1Mbps line isn't enough to serve as a mirror for more than a few >people. > You can certainly service as a mirror for more than a few people with a 1MB line, and we should encourage people to do this. You can't serve as public mirror of course, but you should either contact an existing BSD user group in your area or form one. Setup a mailing list and anyone who is using the same ISP as you can fetch the stuff from you. Ted