Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:19:17 -0200 From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@embratel.net.br> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>, hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp.FreeBSD.org and ftp.dk.FreeBSD.org have 4.5-install.iso ready for download Message-ID: <3C594455.109B0457@embratel.net.br> 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> <200201302213.g0UMDda64354@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
>
> <<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.
Do you mean limiting simultaneous conections?
Jonny
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