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Re: issue with the URLs in the ID boilerplate

Well, it DOES seem to me that anyone trying to find the shadows would be better served with a google search (and probably a lot more likely to start with a google search as well). I'd agree. 

Anything that removes non-working and/or non-useful cruft is a good thing.

Thanks,

Spencer



Hi,

the current ID boilerplate says:


   The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at
   http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt.
This URL is redirected to http://www.ietf.org/ietf-ftp/1id- abstracts.txt, which then produces a 404 error. 


   The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at
   http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html.
This URL redirects to http://www.ietf.org/old/2009/shadow.html, which has a list of some FTP sites. Among those:
* ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/ietf/ has a bunch of stuff but not actually any IDs (as far as I can tell) 

* ftp.nic.it doesn't respond

* ftp://ftp.fccn.pt/pub/IETF/Internet-Drafts/ doesn't respond

* munnari.oz.au doesn't have anything newer than March 2006

* ftp.ietf.rnp.br doesn't exist in the DNS anymore

* ftp.kaist.ac.kr is listed twice

Not good!
Since I've seen zero complaints about this, I'm assuming nobody has actually bothered to try and retrieve the ID index in this way or is actually using these FTP mirrors anymore.
I'd hence like to propose that we remove those lines from the boilerplate to save five lines on the first page. 

Thoughts?
Lars