cvs commit: ports/sysutils/lsof Makefile

[Larry Rosenman]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, David O'Brien wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 10:28:53PM +0000, Wesley Shields wrote:
>>   Modified files:
>>     sysutils/lsof        Makefile
>>   Log:
>>   Add MASTER_SITE_LOCAL since the primary distribution site rejects
>>   connections without working reverse DNS.
>
> This is a mistake.  ISPs that aren't providing reverse DNS should fix
> their DNS.  It is mostly because of practices like lsof.itap.purdue.edu
> that we have a well implemented reverse DNS entries within the Internet
> community.  The issue was forced when ftp.uu.net (then the largest
> distributor of centralized open source) required reverse DNS entries in
> order to login.  Previous to that, most ISPs were too damned lazy (and in
> competent) to Do The Right Thing(tm).
Understood, David, BUT, some ISP's absolutely refuse.  Also, having the
distfile mirrored on the @freebsd.org servers is a good thing(tm).

Thanks!

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