tried it.... and got:
# zypper -v ar
http://suse.inode.at/opensuse/update/10.3/ update
Verbosity: 1
Non-option program arguments: 'http://suse.inode.at/opensuse/update/10.3/' 'update'
Initializing Target
* Adding repository 'update'
Problem transferring repository data from specified URL:
History:
- Curl error for 'http://suse.inode.at/opensuse/update/10.3/repodata/repomd.xml':
Error code:
Error message: couldn't connect to host
- Error trying to read from
http://suse.inode.at/opensuse/update/10.3/
Please, check whether the specified URL is accessible.
And of course this site is perfectly accessible. So looks like a curl problem, any suggestions?