I am experimenting with a script that audits the up-to-dateness of Debian FTP mirror systems. Here's my report so far:
Site Name Timestamp of Debian Archive aij.st.hmc.edu Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 chaos.xtn.net Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 debian.med.miami.edu Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 ftp-nog.rutgers.edu Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 ftp.caldera.com Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 ftp.debian.org Thu Dec 26 03:57:00 UTC 1996 ftp.debian.org.au Wed Dec 25 18:57:01 UTC 1996 ftp.fuller.edu Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 ftp.inka.de Thu Dec 26 02:57:02 UTC 1996 ftp.it.com.au Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be Wed Dec 25 23:57:01 UTC 1996 ftp.leidenuniv.nl Thu Dec 26 03:57:00 UTC 1996 ftp.lh.umu.se Thu Dec 26 03:57:00 UTC 1996 ftp.mcc.ac.uk Wed Dec 25 23:57:01 UTC 1996 ftp.nluug.nl Thu Dec 26 03:57:00 UTC 1996 ftp.rediris.es Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 ftp.tarki.hu Wed Dec 25 23:57:01 UTC 1996 ftp.u-bordeaux.fr Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 ftp.uni-erlangen.de Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 ftp.uwa.edu.au Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 linux.if.usp.br Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 simula.efis.ucr.ac.cr Thu Dec 26 01:57:01 UTC 1996 sun10.sep.bnl.gov Thu Dec 26 04:57:01 UTC 1996 sunsite.icm.edu.pl Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 sunsite.mff.cuni.cz Wed Dec 25 23:57:01 UTC 1996 sunsite.unc.edu Wed Dec 25 06:57:01 UTC 1996 www.unimelb.edu.au Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 These 27 of our 42 listed mirrors are up-to-date. Some may be missing from this list because they are more than 24 hours behind the master copy of the Debian FTP archive, or they don't allow the PASV FTP command (I'll fix my program), or I couldn't contact them this evening, or the root of the Debian archive isn't what is listed in README.mirrors. This report will become more reliable over the next week or so, and will become a regular feature on our web site. To check the up-to-dateness of your mirror, read the file "timestamp.txt" in the root of its Debian mirror. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]