[Coco] Re: ftp.maltedmedia

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 17 November 2003 09:29, Nathan Woods wrote:
>Dennis Bathory-Kitsz writes:
>> Because it would look exactly the same (no links, because I'm not
>> about to create links for hundreds of files) as FTP? ;)
>
>Not necessary; most web servers servers have had an option to
> provide file indexes since the NCSA httpd days.
>
>> When did FTP get passé? Most download sites are FTP (even if they
>> have a web page with the link on it), and most major software
>> players have public FTP sites for patches, documents, etc.
>
>I didn't say that FTP is passe; I was just saying that it is
> becoming passe. Perhaps most download sites are FTP now, but don't
> expect that to be the case in a few years.  Many companies are now
> phasing out FTP sites in favor of using HTTP more and more for a
> number of reasons, including maintainability (why maintain two
> sites when you can just use one site), security (there is no
> "ftps") and and ease of use.

Its not ftps, but sftp and gftp has sftp as one of its optional 
operation modes.  And its author, Brian Massney, is still actively 
developing it for even more features.  He is also a West Virginian 
that I need to get together with at some point.  Last I knew, he was 
writing code for Green Bank.

> HTTP is more proxy friendly, for
> example.  Don't get me wrong, I still agree that FTP will be around
> for a long time.

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