linux-kernel - Re: Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

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Message-ID: <4C7683D3.5090500@nets.rwth-aachen.de>
Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:10:11 +0200
From:	Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@...s.rwth-aachen.de>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
CC:	Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@...owicz.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

Am 26.08.2010 15:37, schrieb Jiri Kosina:
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
>
>   
>> I wrote a simple python script that tells me that a new kernel version
>> appeared. The problem is that it is based exactly on this what appears on the
>> webpage so sometimes it resolves the server IP that the version has changed,
>> despite the fact that it is not true. Which server is the master server?
>>     
> I guess that simply running
>
> 	finger @kernel.org
>
> will give you exactly the information you are looking for which much less 
> pain of connecting to www server, parsing html, etc.
>   

Not sure if this is still accurate:

> Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use *finger.kernel.org* for any sort of
> automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
> is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
> same information is available from
> http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner
> <http://kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner>. 

Regards,
Arnd
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