On 2025-02-14, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <t...@alpenjodel.de> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 10:32:41AM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: >>On 2025-02-13, h.kampm...@web.de <h.kampm...@web.de> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> lines from todays upgrade (to generic.mp#543) over cdn.OpenBSD.org. I am >>> not the only with failed checksums, right? :) >> >>It happens sometimes. >> >>There are two common reasons. >> >>1: an issue with the snapshot build, will usually be fixed within a day. >> >>2: if you're using a cdn it can be an issue with caching (e.g. if the >>small and more likely to be cached SHA256.sig is cached at an older >>version > > Re. a "cached SHA256.sig": > > How does that work - a file pulled from download-server memory? That's > possible, on a machine offering downloads? ... Please: could someone > tell me I got that wrong? ... ;)
At a basic level of description, CDNs are usually a bunch of web caches distributed around the world (configured as "reverse proxy") Whereas the standard non-CDN mirrors listed on openbsd.org/ftp.html are just normal web servers that sync the full tree from an upstream server -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
