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Re: Our friend FTP, again
From: "Ryan Russell" <Ryan.Russell () sybase com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:56:08 -0700
Mechanisms exists to upload files with HTTP, they're just not real well fleshed-out, and we have to go thorugh the iterations of permissions problems we have already done with FTP.
(That's me I'm quoting) It further occurs to me that FTP allows a whole bunch of other options like, cd, mkdir, chmod, etc... that there is not a mechanism for in HTTP. So, killing FTP (at least, with HTTP as a fully equivalent replacement) isn't as simple as Marcus and I implied. Still, FTP as it is now with the port and reverse-connection funny business must die. HTTP is as good a protocol as any to further complicate by adding in the upload features. We could either kill the extra features, and make it a straight upload to a fixed directory.. no, that wouldn't work. You need to be able to do a chmod equivalent, else you're picking up the umask only, and asking for holes. Perhaps a rights masks gets uploaded with the file. Or, we take the higher-level functions of FTP and graft it onto HTTP. Either way, we pick up SSL as a free bonus... How hard to merge something like wu-ftp and Apache to do uploads? Ryan
Current thread:
- Our friend FTP, again Matthew Patton (Apr 14)
- Re: Our friend FTP, again Marcus J. Ranum (Apr 14)
- Re: Our friend FTP, again Woody Weaver (Apr 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Our friend FTP, again ark (Apr 15)
- Re: Our friend FTP, again Chad Schieken (Apr 15)
- Rant (Was Re: Our friend FTP, again) Marcus J. Ranum (Apr 15)
- Re: Rant (Was Re: Our friend FTP, again) Leonard Miyata (Apr 17)
- Re: Our friend FTP, again Chad Schieken (Apr 15)
- Re: Our friend FTP, again Marcus J. Ranum (Apr 14)
- Re: Our friend FTP, again Ryan Russell (Apr 15)
- Re: Our friend FTP, again Matthew Patton (Apr 17)
- Re: Our friend FTP, again Ryan Russell (Apr 15)