I would like to clarify one thing: is it possible to implement all functionalities the ftp protocol has (download, upload, resume upload/download, directory listing, mirror) with just pure https, no extension methods or api? Em 18/03/2015 17:06, "Guilherme Silveira" <guilhermecgss...@gmail.com> escreveu:
> HI, > > I am new to lftp and would like to ask some questions...Please forgive me > if the questions are dumb > > I need to implement the server side of a communication system that uploads > and downloads files. The client side is using lftp as the client. > > It was agreed to use HTTPS as the communication protocol to do this. > > I am not an http-protocol expert, but I am wondering if this is possible. > Pure HTTPs does not have all functionalities that ftp has, and would be > necessary a API on the server side to make it work. For example, HTTPs does > not have a command to list the contents of a directory. > > So, my conclusion is that the only way to implement this would be using > ftp-over-http. > > My question is: > > 1- What is exactly a ftp-over-http? How does it works under the hood? > 2- What I need to do to implement a server that support ftp-over-http? > 3- What tools and software would you use to implement the server side? > (for example: apache with mod_proxy, or jboss with something else, etc) >
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