From: Cameron Dale Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 06:43:18 +0000 (-0700) Subject: New TODO item for rotating DNS entries. X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f21e0a6c24538dc387f7a1828db47862ba25b246;p=quix0rs-apt-p2p.git New TODO item for rotating DNS entries. --- diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 0654dba..fc4158d 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +Rotate DNS entries for mirrors more reliably. + +Currently the mirrors are accessed by DNS name, which can cause some +issues when there are mirror differences and the DNS gets rotated. +Instead, the HTTP Downloader should handle DNS lookups itself, store +the resulting addresses, and send requests to IP addresses. If there +is an error from the mirror (hash check or 404 response), the next IP +address in the rotation should be used. + + Use GPG signatures as a hash for files. A detached GPG signature, such as is found in Release.gpg, can be used