[pca] Problem downloading patches with local proxy

[Georg Schwarz]

Hi Martin,

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:46, Martin Paul<martin at par.univie.ac.at> wrote:
> To be precise - the actual download will always be from the akamai server.
> As far as I understand it:
>
> - pca/wget asks sunsolve which redirects the query to getupdates2
> - getupdates2 verifies the SOA data and the entitlement and redirects to
>  akamai if the user is allowed to get the patch.
> - the patch zip file itself is downloaded from akamai.
>
> The problem as seen in Richard's logfile is that getupdates2 denies the
> request at first, but when it's asked often enough, it gives its
> acknowledgement and makes the redirect to akamai. That's something that must
> be fixed on Sun's side; actually, I was afraid that splitting the sunsolve
> service onto three servers would end up in exactly this kind of problems
> which are hard to track down.
>
> Martin.
>
Jup, that's exactly how it is. getupdates2 seems to deny requests most
of the time. Let's say it's only every 4th or 5th attempt that gets
through to akamai.
I was wondering if it could be a problem related to the fact, that
Richard's and my pca-proxy connects through the company's internet
proxy to sunsolve.... :-/

Cheers
Georg

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