🚀 go-pugleaf

> Another concern I have had recently is that a lot of local material
> doesn't seem up to date .. three things I had looked for recently
> were months out of date with their overseas sites.  And these weren't
> obscure bits of software.

shadowing works if you have the diskspace - and archie is running
pretty much to the brim :-(

> Also, is it possible to ascertain what percentage of the ftp pulls
> were, say, GIFS, and what were software?  Is it possible to look at packets,
> (say, just make a sample) and grab the packet that has the filename
> and then figure out what percentage of the FTPs were what?
> 
> Or do you think this is a bit intrusive?  Note that you don't have
> to record who or where the stuff is coming to/from, just the name
> of the document/program/picture.

Just pause to reflect for a moment about the likely outcome of such data if
it were gathered and the results disseminated upward towards those who
finance the program.

(assuming that such data were collectable - which frankly I doubt)

cheers,

Geoff Huston