The official sources for FreeBSD are available via anonymous <acronym>FTP</acronym> from a worldwide set of mirror sites. The site <uri xlink:href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</uri> is available via <acronym>HTTP</acronym> and <acronym>FTP</acronym>. It is made up of many machines operated by the project cluster administrators and behind GeoDNS to direct users to the closest available mirror.