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Stythys

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2008-05-18

Posts: 878

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Server Redirection

Mainly for curiosity purposes, I was wondering if anyone knows how to setup or has any experience with something like what sourceforge has when you try and download something, or when you connect to a main IRC network, where it redirects you to a different server based on your location. I tried googling a bit, but I have no idea what to search for. any help?

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fukawi2

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From: .vic.au

Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 6,224

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Re: Server Redirection

To do a SourceForge style redirection, the download script (on the SF servers) checks your IP address and does a GeoIP location of your address, then issues a 302 temporary redirect to the client, which then goes off to the appropriate new URL.

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