Daniel E. Markle wrote:
> Package: security.debian.org
> 
> A dig on the security.debian.org mirrors returns three results:
> 
> security.debian.org.    300     IN      A       212.211.132.32
> security.debian.org.    300     IN      A       212.211.132.250
> security.debian.org.    300     IN      A       128.101.240.212
> 
> If you browse to the IP addresses, two of them return the Debian  
> default configuration page instead of a sensible default page (  
> http://212.211.132.32 and http://212.211.132.250 ).  One of them (  
> http://128.101.240.212 ) returns a sensible website and allows access  
> to http://128.101.240.212/debian-security/ (which is useful when using  
> apt via a port forwarded connection to a box with no DNS access, for  
> example).

I'd just say that this is not a supported way to access the
Debian archive.  Use ftp or rsync instead.

Regards,

        Joey

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