11 Mar
2007
11 Mar
'07
2:20 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
My problem is that running an anonymous ftp site and
having it properly
configured so that it can't be misused, and it doesn't effect my ability
to connect to FTP sites out on the net from my internal network is a
resource drain.
How about closing down FTP and setting up a chrooted sftp account? I
would hope that anyone interested in the archive has access to a machine
that can run an sftp client.
I think it was close to 6 years ago I archived a lot
of the PDP-11
related stuff out there on FTP sites, as well as PDP-8, Dec
Professional, and DECmate software. At the time my big problem was
storing the stuff. I split it up so that it would fit on CD-R's. I
really should try to update the archive and rebuild it as DVD's, but
there is that pesky "real life" and to many other things to do. I've
not made any of these available as a mirror, in part because I simply
don't have the bandwidth.
If I were voting, I'd say leave it grouped as CDs. I may be a
retrograde lunatic, but when the package groups themselves are small, I
find it a lot easier to find things when they're on 8 CDs vs 1 DVD.
Oh, and thanks! As you know, your archive has been a lot of help to
me more than once.
Doc