README patch (Re: More documentation cleanups)
Pavel Roskin
proski at gnu.org
Mon Aug 13 15:39:36 UTC 2001
Hi, Steef!
> It's true what FrИdИric states.
> If I lookup ftp.gnome.org from The Netherlands:
> # nslookup ftp.gnome.org
> it is addressed to
> 130.239.18.141:churchill.acc.umu.se
This is from the fencepost.gnu.org (Boston, USA)
$ host ftp.gnome.org
ftp.gnome.org CNAME ftp.acc.umu.se
ftp.acc.umu.se CNAME churchill.acc.umu.se
churchill.acc.umu.se A 130.239.18.141
And this is from sp.red-bean.com (Chicago, USA):
$ host ftp.gnome.org
ftp.gnome.org CNAME ftp.acc.umu.se
ftp.acc.umu.se CNAME churchill.acc.umu.se
churchill.acc.umu.se A 130.239.18.141
> It is apparently an automatic redirect scheme of the gnome project.
Why "apparently"?
> If you do an nslookup from within America you probably don't notice any
> redirection.
Unfortunately, I do. Those sites are quite slow sometimes.
Anyway, I agree that there is nothing to be written about it in the
documentation.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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