[Tools-discuss] Re: Fwd: Brief outage for the RPC infrastructure tomorrow (15May)

[Robert Sparks <[e-mail]>]

On 5/16/24 8:42 AM, Livingood, Jason wrote:
> I thought the IETF stopped supporting FTP interfaces to IETF content a few years ago?
>
> Jason

The IETF did, yes - see RFC 9141.

The RFC Editor has not made a similar change.

RjS

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> On 5/15/24, 18:22, "Robert Sparks" <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
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> (Repeating something I already sent to John directly)
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> ftp to ftp.rfc-editor.org is intended to work, and it appears to work
> from where I'm testing it.
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>
> I will work with John to find out why it's not working for him yet.
>
>
> RJS
>
>
> On 5/15/24 4:21 PM, John C Klensin wrote:
>> Robert,
>>
>> AFAICT, FTP access to RFCs, using FTP URLs like
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfcNNNN.txt__;!!CQl3mcHX2A!GynmI0qqeBQvo_cs9juJfeHt14kkb5dnSAlpuwJ_O1muiGpZ5q9FE8TS_6lmDeVtfM6K5YPraQH4do1GuHu9u-JQ$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfcNNNN.txt__;!!CQl3mcHX2A!GynmI0qqeBQvo_cs9juJfeHt14kkb5dnSAlpuwJ_O1muiGpZ5q9FE8TS_6lmDeVtfM6K5YPraQH4do1GuHu9u-JQ$>
>> is still not working. I know FTP is not very popular these days, but
>> some of us have mechanisms using it built into editor macros and
>> there is extensive document (in the RFC Series and elsewhere).
>> Perhaps more important, your note below indicates that FTP (along
>> with rsync) will not be available during the service outage but,
>> presumably, should be available again by now.
>>
>> thanks,
>> john
>>
>>
>> --On Wednesday, May 15, 2024 09:23 -0500 Robert Sparks
>> <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
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>>> For those not following ietf-announce:
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>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: Brief outage for the RPC infrastructure tomorrow
>>> (15May)
>>> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 09:15:23 -0500
>>> From: Robert Sparks <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>>> Reply-To: tools-discuss <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>>> To: [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
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>>>
>>> This is complete. Apologies for any inconvenience encountered
>>> during this change.
>>>
>>> RjS
>>>
>>> On 5/14/24 4:58 PM, Robert Sparks wrote:
>>>> We will be making changes to the infrastructure supporting the RFC
>>>> Editor tomorrow, 15May starting around 1200 UTC.
>>>>
>>>> It is expected that most web pages at the RFC Editor websites,
>>>> particularly https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.rfc-editor.org__;!!CQl3mcHX2A!GynmI0qqeBQvo_cs9juJfeHt14kkb5dnSAlpuwJ_O1muiGpZ5q9FE8TS_6lmDeVtfM6K5YPraQH4do1GuLTpDdpb$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.rfc-editor.org__;!!CQl3mcHX2A!GynmI0qqeBQvo_cs9juJfeHt14kkb5dnSAlpuwJ_O1muiGpZ5q9FE8TS_6lmDeVtfM6K5YPraQH4do1GuLTpDdpb$> , will serve from cache during
>>>> these changes, but there will be a brief period where interactive
>>>> pages will not be available. Non-HTTP-based services, such as
>>>> rsync and ftp, will also not be available during this brief
>>>> outage. Should you encounter a disruption during this time,
>>>> please be patient and retry your query later in the day.
>>>>
>>>> An update will be sent when these changes are complete.
>>>>
>>>> RjS
>>>>
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