Re: Why FTP must die in two words

[Karl J. Runge]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I disagree.  For anonymous file retrieval where security isn't a concern,
> ftp is by far the easiest, most flexible, and most efficient protocol around.

Is this really true? With the extra PORT connection I would have
thought FTP was less efficient than HTTP. FTP is also not so easy with
firewalls (because of the extra PORT connection). Maybe for a
persistant connection with multiple downloads it is a bit better? (but
this uses resources on the server end).

Karl

BTW, I do not believe "FTP must die". In general this is a very silly
thread IMHO, and think *it* must die.


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