[geeks] RANT (ftp)

[der Mouse]

>>> What the hell happened to FTP?  [...]
>> Getting FTP to work properly through firewalls is a black art.

Not really.  I've done it often enough, including in some rather
unusual firewall situations (like a double-NAT situation).  Any case
where someone finds making FTP to work through a firewall to be a black
art is, I believe, one where that person does not really understand
FTP, the firwall, or both.

> I don't know... I smell another agenda at work.

So do I.  My own suspicions mostly center on how FTP does not support
pushing ads at the user; secondarily, how much more scriptable it is.

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