Supporting https in actsync (ftp.isc.org)

[Kevin Bowling]

I do use actsync and am ok with the new proposal but a little disappointed
by people dropping FTP unnecessarily.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 7:45 AM Julien ÉLIE <julien at trigofacile.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> ftp.isc.org will probably shut down the FTP protocol in a few weeks.
> HTTPS will remain.  See the announcement here:
>
>
> http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3C1f19a554-8a81-ce8c-8ac6-7ab1e053a632%40isc.org%3E
>
> I'll update actsync / actsyncd to allow to fetch the active file from
> external HTTP(S) sources.  It currently does not handle these protocols.
>
>
> The current actsync.cfg configuration file works like this:
>
>    host=ftp.isc.org
>    ftppath=/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active.gz
>    flags=-v 0 -p 80
>    ignore_file=actsync.ign
>
> If ftppath is set, actsyncd downloads ftp://host/ftppath and then runs
> gunzip (if the file ends with .gz) or uncompress (if the file ends with
> .Z).
>
> To keep backwards-compatibility, I suggest to add two keywords (path and
> protocol) and undocument ftppath (which will remain recognized as though
> it were path).  The default value of protocol will be "ftp".
>
> This way,
>
>    host=ftp.isc.org
>    protocol=https
>    path=/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active.gz
>    flags=-v 0 -p 80
>    ignore_file=actsync.ign
>
> will download protocol://host/path and the previous configuration file
> will still download ftp://host/ftppath.
>
>
> I don't know whether someone here uses actsync.  If that's the case and
> he has comments about the proposal or has proposals for any feature
> requests to add to actsync, this is the time to tell :)
>
> --
> Julien ÉLIE
>
> « Je ne voudrais tout de même pas que Cléopâtre m'ait dans le nez ! »
>    (César)
>
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