Sargasso.net mirror is gone?

[Jon Turney]

On 22/01/2021 07:06, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2021-01-21 09:32, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote:
>> On 21.01.2021 17:19, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin wrote:
>>> On 21/01/2021 16:16, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote:
>>>> On 21.01.2021 17:06, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin wrote:
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> the process is almost automatic
>>>> when a mirror is for some time out of sync, it is removed from the list
>>>
>>> Good to know, I will use a different mirror then.
>>>
>>> Hamish
>>>
>>
>> the list is here:
>>
>> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
>>
>> "Note: We automatically poll these mirrors on a regular basis to 
>> ensure that mirrors have the latest Cygwin packages available. The 
>> list of mirrors below reflects all of the mirrors who appear to have 
>> up-to-date copies of the Cygwin release area."
> 
> More importantly - those not under mirrors are here:
> 
>      https://cygwin.com/mirrors-report.html
> 
> - sargasso.net had a recent cert problem for 35 hours
> - it has been renewed recently
> - temporary network and cert issues are often quickly cleared up
> - it's helpful to contact the mirror site and let them know there's an 
> issue, in case they haven't noticed there's an issue with the mirror 
> because it uses a different cert, or is on an isolated server, subnet, 
> or VLAN.

This mirror was dropped due to a problem with the SSL cert presented by 
the site.

I contacted the site to inform them about the problem, and they have 
fixed it, so this mirror is back in the list.