Re: [Wp-mirror-list] [Savannah-users] Request IPv6 address for download.savannah.gnu.org

[wp mirror]

Dear Bob,

1) IPv6 mirrors

Thank you for the list of IPv6 mirrors. I tested several of them.

1.1) Some appear to be out-of-service.  For example,
<mirror.team-cymru.org> has a AAAA record, but is otherwise
unresponsive (does not answer `ping6', nor can I establish a
connection using `http' or `rsync').

1.2) Some sites are up, but mirror `gnu' only.  For example,
<mirror.anl.gov>, while it does not answer `ping6', it does admit a
connection using `http' or `rsync'.  However, only the `gnu'
collection is found, and not the `nongnu' collection.

1.3) I did find one site with the complete collection.  Try:

(shell)$ rsync gnu.c3sl.ufpr.br::gnu/ftp/
(shell)$ rsync gnu.c3sl.ufpr.br::savannah/
(shell)$ lynx http://gnu.c3sl.ufpr.br/ftp/
(shell)$ lynx http://savannah.c3sl.ufpr.br/

This solves my immediate needs.

2) IPv6 at the FSF

I did test various FSF related domain names.

2.1) Several domain names have AAAA records.  However, these sites
neither respond to `ping6' nor admit a connection via `http'.  For
example:

(shell)$ dig www.fsf.org AAAA
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.fsf.org.            300     IN      AAAA    2001:4830:134:4::a
(shell)$ dig www.gnu.org AAAA
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.gnu.org.            204     IN      CNAME   wildebeest.gnu.org.
wildebeest.gnu.org.     69      IN      AAAA    2001:4830:134:3::a

2.2) Several domain names have no AAAA record.  For example:
<www.nongnu.org>, <download.gnu.org>, <download.nongnu.org>.

3) Conclusion

The IPv4 address space has been exhausted.  More of us find ourselves
on IPv6 networks.  Please forward this thread to (or put me in touch
with) someone at FSF who would be in a position to make FSF sites IPv6
addressable.

Sincerely Yours,
Kent

On 2/1/14, Bob Proulx <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Kent,
>
> wp mirror wrote:
>> Would it be possible to assign an IPv6 address to
>> <download.savannah.gnu.org>? Using `dig' I do not see any `AAAA'
>> record for your site. Alternatively, do you know of a mirror site with
>> an IPv6 address?
>
> First regarding assigning an IPv6 addres, I don't know.  This would be
> a question for the FSF admins.  The Savannah Hackers control the
> machine but the network is under the administration of the FSF
> admins.  I am sure that providing IPv6 addresses is on the todo list
> but I don't know the priority.
>
>> My internal network is IPv6 only.  Currently, to download releases
>> from savannah, I must go through extra steps:  1) `ssh' to an external
>> host, 2) `wget' or `rsync' a release from savannah to the external
>> host, then 3) `scp' the file from the external host to my internal
>> host.
>
> There are GNU mirrors that have IPv6 addresses.  The full list of
> mirrors:
>
>   http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html
>
> Here are a few IPv6 mirrors.  I am sure there are others.  These are
> simply the ones that I was able to quickly pull out of the above list.
>
>   http://mirrors.axint.net/repos/gnu.org/
>   http://mirror.team-cymru.org/gnu/
>   http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/gnu/
>
> Please try the above ones.  Check the list for others.  Please let us
> know if these IPv6 mirrors work for you.  Or if they don't.  It will
> help others who also only have IPv6 networking.
>
> Bob
>