Re: ftp.afterstep.org

Chris (cb@v-wave.com)
18 Aug 1998 17:27:50 -0600 


Hi!

Although the mail for ftpmaster has been redirected to me, Ed hasn't
yet gotten back to me for changing over the DNS for
ftp.afterstep.org.  Last I heard from him he was going to be moving,
then he'd switch the DNS when he got back. (That was over a month ago)

Between the last time I talked to Ed, and now, I've also picked up an
additional 20 hours a week worth of work.  (Hmmm, "picked up" makes it
seem so much like it isn't under duress... :)   (On top of managing
campus-wide backups, and our campus-wide distributed file system,
someone decided I needed to do some security work for the labs as
well. Grr.)

I think it might be best if I bowed out of this for now.  Even if the
ftp was switched over today, there are going to be problems with
remote management of the ftp.  The best place for me to put the FTP is 
into our AFS cell.  Unless, the remote maintainer happened to be
running AFS at thier site, the authenication becomes a problem.  (Due
to the nature of some of the research kept in AFS, and due to some
recent large scale attacks we've had... :(   )

So, to make a long story short, I'll talk to Bean and see if she has
the time to mirror the web/ftp and pester Ed, so that the (long
overdue) updates to the ftp site can happen.

Sorry about the delay in getting this back to you...   (Oh, after
reading the afterstep list, I never did receive the other message you
mentioned, could it have been around the time Ed was switching the
MX's?)

>>>>> "David" == David Mihm <davemann@ionet.net> writes:

    David> 	Guylhem has asked me to reach the ftp team and offer
    David> my assistance.  I have nothing but time to devote to
    David> (helping) maintain the ftp site.  We believe that the
    David> maintenance of the ftp site could be better suited to
    David> someone who could monitor it on a daily basis.  New
    David> releases and exciting information should be made available
    David> to the AfterStep community about all the greeat strides the
    David> development team has been making within this time. I
    David> certainly know how things can become and other tasks lose
    David> priority, but we really need to keep this site updated so
    David> the developers can have access to the most recent work of
    David> everyone and keep making these record breaking advancements
    David> in code development and I am here to help keep the site up
    David> to date. Please return this mail with instructions and
    David> logins necessary for me to update this site.

    David> 	Thanks for providing the resources and offering to
    David> host the ftp site, the afterstep community owes you a great
    David> deal! I look forward to working you. :)

-- 
Chris Bayly

Email:  cb@v-wave.com
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