Re: problems with debian mirrors

1999-12-20 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: [ snip intersting HTTP proxy discussion ] : Well, since all the web traffic is going through a single machine and not : a high speed router you will see that machine saturate if their usage is : too great - note it only effect HTTP on port 80. So if

Re: problems with debian mirrors

1999-12-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Maybe my /etc/apt/apt.conf is incorrect. This is the line I added for > the http_proxy setting, after reading "man apt.conf": > > APT::Acquire::http::Proxy "http://cache01.tor.pathcom.com:80/";; Drop the leading APT:: > I also tried "setenv HTTP_PROX

Re: problems with debian mirrors

1999-12-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Tried that. Didn't help. I converted the URIs in my > /etc/apt/sources.list to use ftp instead of http and things are better > now. Which version of APT are you using? I tried your proxy with 0.3.15 and it works fine. I actually fixed an error like you

Re: problems with debian mirrors

1999-12-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > I pointed netscape to the URL you mentioned and it reports REMOTE_ADDR > as being 209.250.153.18, so I guess I am being proxied. So what you are > saying is that my ISP's provider is proxying their connections ? Is that > the general idea ? rameau{jgg}

Re: problems with debian mirrors

1999-12-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > I called up my ISP and asked them and they insisted (quite strongly I > might add) that they are not running any kind of HTTP proxy at their > end. I spoke to a couple of different techies and they both insisted > that they aren't running any HTTP proxy.

Re: problems with debian mirrors

1999-12-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Gregg Berkholtz wrote: > I have problems like this sometimes too -- any ideas on how someone > might get around a transparent proxy or to force the proxy to update > itself. I dont have any control over the proxy. No idea, I don't think you can - they are built so they canno

Re: problems with debian mirrors

1999-12-19 Thread Gregg Berkholtz
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > > > I have been getting these errors consistently for the past couple of > > days. > > Looks like your ISP has installed a 'transparent' HTTP proxy that is > screwing up your connection. > > Jason > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail

Re: problems with debian mirrors

1999-12-18 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > I have been getting these errors consistently for the past couple of > days. Looks like your ISP has installed a 'transparent' HTTP proxy that is screwing up your connection. Jason