Thanks and I understand the reasoning. The current ftp server won't be able to do http and use of siteXX files prevents using an external source. Will nfs be supported or am I going to need more hardware?
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: upgrades no longer allow ftp for sets From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> Date: Tue, March 25, 2014 5:34 pm To: misc@openbsd.org, n...@leviacomm.net >Since the 23 March snapshot I've no longer been able to get the sets via >ftp during upgrade, is this intentional or is this an error on my end? >This worked on the snapshot form 19 March and earlier using the >amd64-snapshot bsd.rd indirectly from ftp3.usa.openbsd.org (Local ftp >mirror with rsync daily pull from ftp3). The 5.5 release will support FTP releases, but after that we are disabling FTP and thus pushing people to use HTTP installs. In this day and age, it is somewhat irresponsible for us to put people into a situation where they might install new FTP servers on the internet. We've known it is a dangerous protocol for over 20 years. Use a HTTP server to serve the sets, please.
