On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:17:44 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> ftp://ftp.simtel.net:21/pub/simtelnet/
> The above is the "root" on the main FTP site I access. Bad news is
> AOL NOW OWNS IT, and AOL is getting ready to throw things away, and
> what AOL has kept accessible isn't even *half* of what should be on
> Simtel Net.
Nope, AOL does not "own" it.
What's happening is that ftp://ftp.simtel.net:21/pub/simtelnet/
automatically redirects us to one of the mirrors.
Have a look at these.
(the "mirror-of-the-moment" is cdrom.com)
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/simtelnet-redir-cdrom.jpg
(the text shows that I'm actually connected to cdrom.com, not simtel.net)
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ping-ftp-simtel-net.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ping-ftp-cdrom-com.jpg
(a "ping" of both shows us the same IP address)
> I wouldn't have thought, since so many universities were mirror sites,
> that we'd ever lose simtel. But it looks like it may soon go the way
> of "File Pile."
The "auto-redirect last evening took me to 3 different universities.
(none of those worked either)
The only one that was working (and only for a few min), was the AOL mirror.
I'll try again later and include the results if the redirct takes me to
a different mirror.
____________
Here it is only 26 min. later,
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/simtel-redir-aol.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/simtel-redir-aol-page.jpg
(back to AOL and working)
Now for the "really strange" part.
Here's what a "whois" search tells us.
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/who-is-simtel.jpg
> And I'm not the least bit happy about that.
> I've got more digging to do. Hopefully, I find better news. :(
Don't count on it. :(
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Glenn
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