From owner-cvs-all Sun Jun 18 18:44:54 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64AA837BB23; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:44:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA11565; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:44:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <200006190144.VAA11565@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "David E. O'Brien" Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Image-URL: http://www.transsys.com/louie/images/louie-mail.jpg From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.sites.mk References: <200006181848.LAA26120@freefall.freebsd.org> In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:48:44 PDT." <200006181848.LAA26120@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:44:45 -0400 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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