Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:44:45 -0400 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.sites.mk Message-ID: <200006190144.VAA11565@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:48:44 PDT." <200006181848.LAA26120@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200006181848.LAA26120@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> obrien 2000/06/18 11:48:44 PDT > > Modified files: > Mk bsd.sites.mk > Log: > Favor the FTP protocol over the HTTP one for MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE. > FTP is a much better long-haul protocol and is nicer on the network than > HTTP. Huh? FTP requires the use of two TCP connections (control and data), as compared to only one for HTTP. Further, it requires more round trip times to start the transfer due to the activity on the control connection. Regardless, once the bytes start spewing, it's hard to imaging how a constant number of bytes is transported more efficiently for the network using port 20 as opposed to port 80. I can belive that the FTP daemon might more or less crocked than the HTTP daemon on a host, but that's about it. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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