Re: ISC will likely be shutting down FTP access to ftp.isc.org soon (https will remain)

Hi all,
 
In addition to my previous message:
 

B/ If actsyncd is used with the following actsync.cfg parameters:
 
   host=ftp.isc.org
   ftppath=/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active.gz
 
Then there is something to change.  Here are some possibilities.
 
1/ The fastest would be to keep FTP but against another server which
would go on providing up to date active files on FTP.  I don't know
whether there are.  If you know one, just update host and ftppath
accordingly.

 
The good news is that the Free University of Berlin still has an FTP
server, and they now get the newsgroups information from the same source
as ftp.isc.org takes theirs (that is to say control-archive maintained
by Russ).  So, if and when ftp.isc.org closes as an FTP server, changing
actsync.cfg to:
 
    host=ftp.fu-berlin.de
    ftppath=/doc/usenet/config/active.gz
 
will go on synchronizing the data using the FTP protocol.
 
Thanks, Heiko and Russ!
 
 

2/ You can install a version of INN generated after 2024-10-07 (INN
2.7.3, snapshot, etc.).  Then just update your installation and change
the above parameters in actsync.cfg to:
 
   host=downloads.isc.org
   path=/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active.gz
   protocol=https

 
Switching to HTTPS is also still possible of course.
 
Note that we don't know how much time the FTP protocol will remain
active in the server of the Free University of Berlin.  There's no
lifetime guarantee.
 
At least actsyncd can now deal with both FTP and HTTPS so it will be
ready in case FTP is also shut down on other servers.  By the time it
happens, I hope the new version will be wide-spread.