Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 08:12:47 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: chet@po.cwru.edu, kris@obsecurity.org, roam@ringlet.net, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, portmgr@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portupgrade of bash-2.05b_1 failing now for second day Message-ID: <20020916221246.GH69776@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20020916143538.GB87117@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <020916141859.AA20253.SM@nike.ins.cwru.edu> <20020916143538.GB87117@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 10:35:38AM -0400, AlanE wrote: > On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 10:18:59AM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote: > >> Just add a more appropriate MASTER_SITE..we can't do much about broken > >> FTP sites. > > > >Excuse me? How exactly does ftp.cwru.edu's policy of asking for ident > >information make it a `broken FTP site'? The ftp server is waiting for > >a response to its ident request, and fetch times out. > > And if I don't run an ident server, or I run one that returns ERROR > no matter what, or I don't have that port open at all? Why should I have > to change my firewall and my system daemons in order to fetch some > source code? I've told you in a previous thread Alan, if *your* host doesn't do the right thing (i.e. TCP packets send to a port without a service bound to it should be RSTed instead of dropped), don't blame the other host for it. ftp.cwru.edu has/had the policy "we do idents of ftp-sessions". If you don't like the policy, don't go there and get them from somewhere else. Yes, the closed firewall policy on FreeBSD is defaulted to drop the packets instead of RSTing them, you have the power to submit a PR and if there are enough good arguments, people will listen and change it. I'll repeat it once again: Your host is wrong here, ftp.cwru.edu is function properly. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | Interested in MUDs? http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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