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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:35:52 -0700, "Crist Clark" <crist.clark@globalstar.com> said:

> HTTP is stateless. FTP has state. /All/ of the information required to
> do the transaction must go out with each individual HTTP request.

In the case we have been discussing, there is no state other than
authentication, and perhaps ``working directory''.

-GAWollman


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