* John Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030106 23:53]: > On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 04:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 2) Set up a private ftp/http mirror of security.debian.org and update > >> the system from there before connecting it to the internet... > > > > Yes, this is what I would like to do, but I'm not clear on the > > mechanics of doing it. Does any Howto describe how to do this? Do I > > need root access for the mirror site? Where can I find instructions? > > You could mirror the whole site via ftp or rsync as described elsewhere, but > if bandwidth usage and storage space are important to you, I'd recommend the > apt-move package as being the easiest way to mirror a specific arch/distro > combination.
... or you could use apt-proxy (which gets package lists and caches packages requested at least once on the local disk) and disallow incoming connections before you got your system updated via it. this way, you only download and store packages indeed used by your machines, and only transmit each paket once from security.debian.org to your apt-proxy. in case you're concerned about package integrity, consider using the debsig/debsig-verify packages. just my EUR 0.02 .. Count
