apt update wrong county

[Jerry Geis]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:15 PM Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2024-03-18 19:05, Jerry Geis wrote:
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Mar 18, 2024, at 7:37 PM, Colin Watson<cjwatson at ubuntu.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 06:00:18PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
> >>> [Connecting to banjo.canonical.com (91.189.91.38)]
> >>>
> >>> EVERY entry in my /etc/apt/sources.list
> >>> is us.archive.ubuntu.com
> >>>
> >>> WHY - does and "apt update" want to contact the ABOVE address ???
> >>>
> >>> This above address is outside the US - typically then requires special
> >>> permission to open firewalls - Its a hassle
> >> us.archive.ubuntu.com also resolves to IP addresses outside the US at
> >> present despite the hostname, and in fact to addresses in the very same
> >> subnet as banjo (91.189.91.0/24); so while this is perhaps a little
> >> mysterious, I don't quite get why this is such an ALL-CAPS ISSUE.
> >> us.archive is a pool of servers and even if it's currently in the US
> >> there is no guarantee that it won't be changed around for traffic
> >> management purposes.
> >>
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> > Thanks Colin
> >
> > This js an issue. Like i mentioned.  End users are not wanting to open
> firewalls or make exceptions to their setups. So i cant keep the server
> patched because its going outside the US!  So this is seamingly a huge issue
> >
> > How can i keep the update downloads in the usa so firewalls are happy ?
> >
> > Jerry
> Perhaps switch to a mirror that you know will always be in the US? There
> are a list of mirrors at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors
> that may be suitable, just search the page for "United States" and you
> should find the ones you want. This probably goes without saying, but
> pick one that says it is up-to-date.
>
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Awesome - Will try that.

Jerry
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