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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:13:39 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Cc:        hubs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftp.FreeBSD.org and ftp.dk.FreeBSD.org have 4.5-install.iso ready for download
Message-ID:  <200201302213.g0UMDda64354@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020130115350.C4374@straylight.oblivion.bg>
References:  <20020130025115.GR9395@freebsdmall.com> <Pine.OSF.4.20.0201301331060.1961-100000@azure.dstc.edu.au> <20020130103042.D81625@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <20020130115350.C4374@straylight.oblivion.bg>

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<<On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:53:51 +0200, Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> said:

> if only because I am not yet completely sure if HTTP can really transfer
> binary data without any kind of encoding, which usually adds up to
> significant bloating of the download size.

It certainly can.

The only place where Web servers are really lacking is in the area of
anonymous user management.  I would happily get rid of all of the FTP
servers I run if Web servers could do that well.

-GAWollman


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