Perl script to find fastest CVSup server: * uses socket connections not just 'pings' * takes notice of server responses * connects to servers in countries specified on the command line - or - connects to the 'local' servers defined in the script - or - connects to ALL the servers in ALL the countries * returns either fastest server or top 3 (useful for scripts) * returns exit codes (useful for scripts) * can re-write itself to update the CVSup server list, obtained from the online FreeBSD Handbook * can easily add other CVSup servers (NetBSD/OpenBSD...etc) WWW: http://fastest-cvsup.sourceforge.net/