Is there a torrent download or is it pointless because of the small download
size
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Svetlana
+1, FTP is insecure (no validation whatsoever that your connection did not get
intercepted), needlessly forces the requester to distinguish between the text
and binary files before initiating a request, and defaults to pushing a file
back by opening a new connection to the requester (which is
Riccardo,
See below…
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:16 Riccardo Mottola
wrote:
> Hi Marco,
>
> Marco Cawthorne wrote:
> > I was wondering about the download links on the page. They still use
> > the ftp:// protocol which has regrettably been phased out by every
> > major browser.
>
> well, ftp
I’m very much in favor of protesting the unnecessary obsolescence of perfectly
good technologies, but FTP is a pretty terrible protocol. Securing an FTP
server properly is a bit of a minefield, particularly if you need to
accommodate active mode. Of course, many tools and methods exist to do
> On 22 Oct 2023, at 15:16, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> Marco Cawthorne wrote:
>> I was wondering about the download links on the page. They still use
>> the ftp:// protocol which has regrettably been phased out by every
>> major browser.
>
> well, ftp support is intentional,
Hi Marco,
Marco Cawthorne wrote:
I was wondering about the download links on the page. They still use
the ftp:// protocol which has regrettably been phased out by every
major browser.
well, ftp support is intentional, since it is traditional. Every major
browser... you mean every
Marco,
Forgive the top post, but you have a point. I think we should make the
downloads page use http rather than ftp for downloads giving that the vast
majority of browsers have dropped the ftp protocol.
GC
On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 18:36 Marco Cawthorne wrote:
> On 2023-10-19 09:14:32 -0700
On 2023-10-19 09:14:32 -0700 Riccardo Mottola
wrote:
Hi,
after discussing at the last meeting that it is fine to let the
dynamic
download page go and centralize all download links in one place.
Did so.
I took the time then to check all package versions and upload the
missing tarballs on
