Fedora mirror site lagging

[Eric Hattemer]

I can't site the exact virus or find it on sarc.com or anywhere like 
that anymore, but it seems to me I read about at least one DDOS netbios 
worm that targets redhat.com.  It was something like one of those gaobot 
worms that spreads like mad, and probably infected millions of windows 
users.  I imagine this could have a lot to do with the speed problems in 
the last week or two.  But redhat.com has always been kind of slow for 
me.  I always figured it was because not enough people understand the 
concept of using mirrors.  It might be a good idea for redhat to start 
giving out user limit exceeded messages that point to their mirror 
list.  But I think since they are the main source, they probably feel a 
commitment to customer service in providing updates.

-Eric Hattemer

PS.  This email was worded in a way that comes across very 
disrespectfully.  I wouldn't expect help with a negative attitude.  A 
lot of people involved with this list are volunteers, and Red Hat has no 
responsibility to do what people demand of them. 

Florin Andrei wrote:

>Guys, what's going on with the Fedora mirror at kernel.org? It's lagging
>behind the master site for quite a while. It is not their fault, a note
>on their website states that they cannot sync up with the master Fedora
>site, they tried to contact the Fedora admins, but no one replied to
>their calls.
>
>What's going on? Don't you guys (Fedora team) like to ease the load on
>your website? The kernel.org site is doing a good job as a Fedora mirror
>in my area, i hate to use the master site, or another mirror that's not
>as close to myself, because they're much slower for me.
>
>C'mon, wake up, i'm sure it wouldn't take long to fix this issue.
>
>Thank you,
>
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