Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:45:39 -0800 From: "Peter A. Giessel" <pgiessel@mac.com> To: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Summary: Tell portupgrade to use passive ftp Message-ID: <4601B593.7050007@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <823E470A-93A8-4B6B-899A-E337FB75CABD@goldmark.org> References: <0EE4A357-FB1C-410D-BDF2-AF3A8BC7736B@goldmark.org> <20070319143905.7c69cc41@gumby.homeunix.com> <823E470A-93A8-4B6B-899A-E337FB75CABD@goldmark.org>
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On 2007/03/21 14:29, Jeffrey Goldberg seems to have typed: > <Rant> > As an aside, I'd like to rant that there is no reason for ftp to > exist anymore. Sure it is stateful in a way that HTTP isn't, but > that isn't enough to justify its continued use. > > <Qualification> > Of course having recently displayed my ignorance of how these > things work, > I'm in no position to make such proclamations. > </Qualification> > </Rant> Two reasons: 1) FTP supports "resume" for a partial download 2) HTTP has a tendency to timeout on large files unless your httpd.conf sets an unreasonably long timeout.
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