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Issue migrated (2015-06-05) from old issue tracker http://mirrorbrain.org/issues/issue132

Title    URL signing: mirrorlists contain unsigned URLs that won't work
 Priority   wish             Status       chatting
Superseder                 Nosy List      poeml, stephan48
Assigned To poeml           Keywords      mod_mirrorbrain

msg450 (view) Author: poeml Date: 2014-01-12.22:32:49

22:37 < stephan48> i found another problem some while back when using url authentication
22:37 < stephan48> and mirrorlist
22:38 < stephan48> basically on mirrorlist the link is not generated with an id leading to an auth error on the mirror(or something else)
22:39 < stephan48> a idea i had would to be to make it possible to force a mirror via url and then link to this instead of a direct link to the file on the mirror
22:40 < stephan48> otherhise all works nicely :)
22:40 < stephan48> (no more excuses to finally put the think to use....)
22:47 < poeml> stephan48: good point
22:50 < stephan48> in combination with a sort of api this could allow an external "mirror selection" interface
22:51 < poeml> stephan48: that would be on my mental wishlist anyway, since a long time
22:51 < stephan48> jup
22:51 < poeml> stephan48: to express a preference for mirrors somehow, I guess best via URL parameters, or via an additional header being sent
22:51 < stephan48> yea
22:51 < stephan48> url param would be good
22:52 < stephan48> cause this could be accomplished by the user/without any special tools
22:52 < stephan48> something like ?mirror=mirrorname

History
         Date         User  Action Args
2014-01-12 22:32:50 poeml create

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