Just to way in on the silliness side...
I prefer ZModem
DaveN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffry Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "GNHLUG mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Why FTP must die in two words
> Derek Martin said:
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> >
> > > HTTP adds nothing more than convenience to the command-line
> > > challenged. It's slow and bulky.
> >
> > HUH? The HTTP protocol is neither! It's a very small, lightwieght
> > protocol. What are you talking about?
> >
> > This can easily be demonstrated by using telnet:
> >
> > $ telnet www.yoursite.com 80
> > Trying yourip...
> > Connected to www.yoursite.com.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > GET /some/path/in/the/webserver/heirarchy HTTP/1.0
> >
> > [spewage follows]
> >
> > The protocol itself is sufficiently compact that a web server can be
> > written in just a few hundred lines of code. Please explain what you
mean
> > by "slow and clunky" as I can find no evidence of that.
>
> I've yet to see a good command line client where it's easy to type the
stuff
> in, or bash script (and yes, I've used and like lynx). Mainly because
HTTP
> was designed from the get-go as an interactive means of transfering small
> files between clients. HTTP1.1 adds state info, but it's still not
designed
> for the bulk transfer of large files. That's OK (IMHO), because FTP does
the
> bulk transfer very well (and was designed for it).
>
> Also, it's not a matter of how few lines of code the server can be written
in,
> it's what kinds of transfers the protocol is optimized for.
>
> Also note that that telnet session of yours is non-secure (which is what
we
> started talking about). HTTPS is more secure, as it runs the connection
over
> SSL.
>
> jeff
>
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