[j-nsp] download.juniper.net mime types

Majdi S. Abbas msa at latt.net
Tue Sep 13 17:19:04 EDT 2011


On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 05:00:08PM -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
> Actually the problem is that many people don't think you might download with 
> http from a non-browser, etc....
> 
> This means you end up with links that require JavaScript to navigate to them. 
> If you can't download the software with links or lynx then there is a problem. 
> I would take the ability to download directly to the device as a good second 
> option even, as they tend to be better connected than some office networks. 

	I accept that wget is just going to be broken.  Lynx does work, but
with the aforementioned type brokenness.

	Thankfully, Lynx is fairly clean, allowing you to hit S to save
after the image has fully loaded and you'll discover it's a valid copy on
disk.  The binary does not seem to get munged (I have to do this pretty
often.)

	It would be nice if Juniper presented the correct type to allow a 
download rather than page load.  For bonus points, add a mechanism to
fetch images directly to the target device.

	My home connection is fast by US standards but considerably slower
than any of the production devices I'm trying to get images to and double
hopping it is a 'start copy, go to the cafe, check on it in an hour' 
sorta thing.

	--msa


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