My company uses a strict firewall, so which hostnames should I whitelist?

[JKI]

jkisoft.com

First, you should ask your IT department to allow access to jkisoft.com (this one is required, since this is where VIPM gets the package list from).

 

*.dl.sourceforge.net

 

Next, you'll need access to one or more sourceforge mirrors: *.dl.sourceforge.net (where * can be any one of the sourceforge mirror names). For example:

• easynews.dl.sourceforge.net
  
• kent.dl.sourceforge.net
  
• switch.dl.sourceforge.net
  
• superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net
  
• puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net
  

Here is the most recent set of mirrors and their geographic locations:

• easynews: Phoenix, AZ (North America)
  
• superb-west: Seattle, Washington (North America)
  
• internap: San Jose, CA (North America)
  
• superb-east: McLean, Virginia (North America)
  
• voxel: New York, New York (North America)
  
• puzzle: Bern, Switzerland (Europe)
  
• mesh: Duesseldorf, Germany (Europe)
  
• ovh: Paris, France (Europe)
  
• dfn: Berlin, Germany (Europe)
  
• heanet: Dublin, Ireland (Europe)
  
• garr: Bologna, Italy (Europe)
  
• surfnet: Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Europe)
  
• kent: Kent, UK (Europe)
  
• transact: Canberra, Australia (Australia)
  
• internode: Adelaide, Australia (Australia)
  
• waix: Perth, Australia (Australia)
  
• jaist: Ishikawa, Japan (Asia)
  
• nchc: Tainan, Taiwan (Asia)
  
• ufpr: Curitiba, Brazil (South America)
  

Note: You can configure the order you want to use the mirrors in the Advanced page of the Tools>>Options dialog.