Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 02:31:46 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>, Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com>, Sean Chittenden <sean-freebsd-stable@chittenden.org>, Jeff Kletsky <Jeff+freebsd@wagsky.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_version perl hacker project Message-ID: <20010425023146.B54713@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010424134637.A10180@rand.tgd.net>; from sean@chittenden.org on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 01:46:37PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104230806060.27435-100000@wildside.wagsky.com> <20010423231827.A19530@rand.tgd.net> <20010424142340.E5216@brel.com> <20010424014833.B19530@rand.tgd.net> <20010424120052.H89156@xor.obsecurity.org> <200104241907.f3OJ7u103414@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <20010424123517.A90547@xor.obsecurity.org> <2001@=> <20010424134637.A10180@rand.tgd.net>
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--UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 01:46:37PM -0700, Sean Chittenden wrote: > I get that quite often and have been for a few years. Are you > sure that an HTTP method couldn't be made available? ftp is an > expensive protocol because it's interactive, not to mention that the > protocol designers didn't have firewalls in mind. HTTP, though less > efficient in terms of data transfer for large files, is much easier to > program, distribute, scale, etc. Thoughts? -sc This is a legitimate concern, and possibly enough to convince us to finally go ahead with migrating the advisories to the website :-) Kris --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE65pmCWry0BWjoQKURAqxhAJ41DIZSQLaSHCJNlBg4sGVX+VAlfwCg+L+6 5UB5x3bjmHiur1i76/6xrtk= =bWFY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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