Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:13:39 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp.FreeBSD.org and ftp.dk.FreeBSD.org have 4.5-install.iso ready for download Message-ID: <200201302213.g0UMDda64354@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020130115350.C4374@straylight.oblivion.bg> References: <20020130025115.GR9395@freebsdmall.com> <Pine.OSF.4.20.0201301331060.1961-100000@azure.dstc.edu.au> <20020130103042.D81625@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <20020130115350.C4374@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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<<On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:53:51 +0200, Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> said: > if only because I am not yet completely sure if HTTP can really transfer > binary data without any kind of encoding, which usually adds up to > significant bloating of the download size. It certainly can. The only place where Web servers are really lacking is in the area of anonymous user management. I would happily get rid of all of the FTP servers I run if Web servers could do that well. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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