summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/README.md
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorDavid Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>2017-07-08 19:12:08 +0200
committerDavid Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>2017-07-08 19:12:08 +0200
commit437d368a4594e212def9d13c4b8ba3f0bcdf122f (patch)
treec9637db8c8e19f73c31ef3d345fda62e00bd6ed3 /README.md
parentc500fa4df1464ec690e02e1c489d0dcc746167d8 (diff)
use deb.d.o instead of httpredir.d.o as example mirror
The service behind httpredir.debian.org is decommissioned and the domain points to the deb.debian.org service, so following the redirect and explaining the effects it has a bit is a good idea.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
-rw-r--r--README.md17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58b95e0..84b8772 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,14 +10,21 @@ with "tor+http://" or "tor+https://" in your sources.list.
Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list like so, adjusting the suite/components
appropriately for your system:
- deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main
- deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main
+ deb tor+http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main
+ deb-src tor+http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main
-Note the use of httpredir.debian.org so that a mirror close to your exit node
-will be automatically chosen.
+Note that [deb.debian.org](https://deb.debian.org/) is backed by a set of
+commercial [CDN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network)s,
+so that you will likely be served by one of their servers close (in network
+terms) to the exit node of your connection automatically.
+
+You can of course use any other Debian mirror from the extensive [mirror
+list](https://debian.org/mirror/list), but that might result in a connection
+"across the globe" if the choosen exit node is far away from the mirror causing
+slower connection speeds.
Alternatively, if you have the Tor onion service address of a Debian
-mirror, you can use that:
+mirror, you can use that to have your traffic never leave the Tor network:
deb tor+http://<long string>.onion/debian unstable main
deb-src tor+http://<long string>.onion/debian unstable main