Re: Proxies used by ISP's ?

Well if it's a caching proxy, you might be viewing the cache rather
then an updated page.

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:59:21 -0900, Ayden <whitty@reeve.com> wrote:
> I don't understand what a proxy has to do with this. How could a proxy
> be responsible for same files and different dates, or what ever you are
> experiencing?
>
> Whitham
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>
> On Nov 27, 2004, at 1:05 PM, Greg Madden wrote:
>
> > I have a Debian mirror that I update through a cron job. About a week
> > ago I noticed that no new packages were being downloaded. I tried a
> > different mirror with the same results. These were two mirrors that I
> > regularly use, archive.progeny.com & linux.csua.berkley.edu. I switched
> > to a third mirror, debian.oregonstate.edu and I get all the packages
> > from the previous week.
> >
> > I was wondering if ISP's use proxies because on a Debian mirror certain
> > files always have the same name, different dates of course. It seems
> > like I am getting cached files that indicate that my mirror is up to
> > date. Is this a likely scenario ? I use ACS, could it be ACS?
> >
> > TIA
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