On 2009-09-13, Toni Mueller <openbsd-m...@oeko.net> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 19.08.2009 at 09:37:26 +0200, Alexander von Gernler > <gr...@pestilenz.org> wrote: >> This means that the mirror won't be available for a longer period of >> time before I can bring it back online. I will reflect this situation >> on the respective www pages very soon, just giving you a heads-up via >> mail now. > > any progess on this? > > I liked the Erlangen mirror for its comparably liberal access policy. > Eg. when I try to install some package and it doesn't work on the first > attempt, I often find myself locked out from a given mirror on > subsequent attempts, presumably because the sense a "denial of service > attack". It can take quite some time to gain access to the host in > question again. :-(
If you're using ftp (particularly via ftp-proxy, which mangles the telnet abort sequence) try http instead.
