Debian 11 security updates: deb or security, which to choose?

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I'm in the process of upgrading my first system to Debian 11 / Bullseye following Debian's 41-point-plan. The sources.list entry for security updates has changed and according to the documentation it should point to the server deb.debian.org. On Debian 10 and a fresh install of Bullseye it points to security.debian.org. These are actually different servers, with deb returning a single IP and security 4 IPs.

Am I correct in assuming that deb.debian.org uses some kind of anycasting / loadbalancing and would be the better choice?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '21 at 08:23

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Sorry, I'm too impatient and should have read the documentation all the way through before posting. Further down it says

On new installations the default is for APT to be set up to use the Debian APT CDN service

which answers the question.

answered Aug 09 '21 at 08:23

OttoEisen

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So it means `deb.debian.org` and not `security.debian.org`, right? – bolino Oct 27 '21 at 04:14
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@bolino: That seems to be correct. – OttoEisen Oct 27 '21 at 15:02

Debian 11 security updates: deb or security, which to choose?

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