Re: Can't ssh into sources

[Jonathan Larmour <jifl@jifvik.org>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 03:29:21PM +0100, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
>>
>>I'm a bit bemused by what's been going on... firstly why isn't the above a 
>>CNAME? And secondly why weren't the TTLs reduced as is normal practice for 
>>IP address moves?
>>
>>Seems like 5 minutes action by one person could have prevented hassles for 
>>many others. (Although I guess the problem is "just" that no-one thought 
>>to inform gnu.org in advance).
> 
> 
> AFAIK, gnu.org was notified in advance and it sure looks like their ttl
> was set down.

Unless it was already changed back earlier today (Sunday) when I looked, 
it didn't seem to be any different from e.g. www.gnu.org, namely 1 day.

> Howeer, I'm sure they would be thrilled to discuss this matter with you
> if you contacted them directly.  I doubt that any sysadmin from gnu.org
> reads this mailing list.

Indeed it may have been them who didn't do the sane thing. But since it 
isn't the first time things have changed without notice I thought I would 
froth at the mouth at the easy target for a bit because I'm in a bad mood ;-).

> Who knows?  They might even be willing to adjust your bill for the
> inconvenience that you suffered.

I hope so. I've got a £0.00 mobile phone bill this month, so I'll put the 
FSF's rebate towards that.

I'm just making an observation in the the hope that it stops something 
easily preventable from happening again... as s.r.c seems to get new IPs 
relatively frequently it seems!

Jifl
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