282740 - Some Mirrors Requiring Reverse DNS

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(mozilla.org :: FTP: Mirrors, task)

Description

[Jerry Baker]

Some of the FTP mirrors are requiring connections from IP addresses with a 
reverse DNS entry. This disables my ability to download Firefox and/or 
Thunderbird for any machine at the office. I imagine it's a *bad* idea to make 
Firefox harder to get.

Comment 1

[Jerry Baker]

Georgia Tech is one such mirror

Comment 2

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

That's a pretty common practice on the net, I'd be surprised if that's the only
place you can't get to.  If your ISP doesn't provide reverse-DNS, they're acting
like a spammer.

Comment 3

[Jerry Baker]

Um, my ISP is a 20,000+ node network for the Los Angeles Unified School
District. Throwing trash out of car windows is also a common practice, yet it's
not one that should be adopted.

Comment 4

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

OSL guys aren't directly handling this stuff anymore (not that they can't, but it's not their job anymore)

Comment 5

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Downloads are recommended to be done via HTTP now, which it's probably pretty rare if anyone's doing this on a webserver.  The download redirector is sending to a pretty large pool of mirrors now, too.