Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:01:04 -0400 From: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@mushhaven.net>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: OT: FTP almost gone now? (was: Re: IPFW almost works now.) Message-ID: <3B278030.3020305@lmc.ericsson.se> References: <200106131442.f5DEgNB10141@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > In message <200106122044.QAA93356@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Garrett > Wollman write > s: > >><<On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:27:49 -0400, Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@mushhaven.net> >>said: >> >> >>>No, it has a host of limitations all it's own, not the least of which is >>>that is is actually less efficient at transfering files, >>> >>Balderdash! HTTP and TCP both send files over identical TCP >>connections, which makes them equally efficient. There really is no >>reason for FTP to continue to exist (but yet it does). >> > > On virtually every mailing list I'm on I've been advocating the > deprecation of FTP, only to get flamed by advocates of FTP. The reason > FTP is still used is because people want to use it. Until the majority > can be educated (convinced) it will continue to be used. Code (CGI > scripts, etc.) to perform uploads would be the start of the demise of > FTP. Actually, I think that nothing short of: - the (possible?) merge of mod_put in the main distro of Apache coupled with - the implementation of PUT and DELETE methods on the client side (Netscape, IE and friends) along with - some kind of standardization of the process of renaming, etc would do it. Since this is completly unrealistic, ftp is here to stay. Or to be replace with SFTP. A. -- La sémantique est la gravité de l'abstraction. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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