On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:02:19 +0100 Jan Stary <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anyway, what really is the purpose of index.txt being there then?
> To tell the times and sizes?
To break scripts? ;)
To put it bluntly, index.txt seems pointless, or more likely, there is
some super double secret reason for it to still exist that I simply
don't know...
My only *GUESS* is, some mirrors are HTTP, but due to brainless
accountants mindlessly running "security auditing tools," they forbid
real directory listings, and are configured to only return an existing
"/index.*" file to the useragent.
Hopefully, someone who actually has a clue (not me) will chime in with
the real reason why index.txt exists.
jcr
