On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:46:15PM -0400, Josh Bressers wrote:
On 25 July 2008, Matt Domsch wrote:
>
> Yes, this is a known challenge with subnet delegation in
> MirrorManager. We're trusting package signing (and soon, repodata
> signing) to prevent rogue mirrors from issuing unsigned data. In
> addition, I'm working on adding in a way to prevent stale mirrors
> (with signed content) from being used.
>
How does one get this subnet delegation though? Can I request any subnet I
want, or do we do some sort of verification?
At present there is no verification (I'm not at all sure how one
_could_ verify except by ARIN & co delegation). However there are
limits as to how large a block can be requested. Nothing larger than
a IPv4 /16 can be automatically requested. Fedora Infrastructure
admins can add larger blocks, and request ARIN & co data when doing so.
What happens if the client decided its mirror is bad, I presume it
will go
off and find a better one, even with delegation?
Yes, the mirrorlist returned includes quite a few mirrors, in priority order.
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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
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