On 25 July 2008, Matt Domsch wrote:
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.
That's a lot of IPs though. Can I request multiple /16s, or only one?
How many mirrors are doing this? Does the mirror have to be part of the
/16 to request it?
Thanks for the patience here. I'm trying to understand the risk we're
dealing with.
Thanks.
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JB