[geeks] RANT (ftp)

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Oct 24, 2006, at 11:05 AM, kevin marshall wrote:

> What the hell happened to FTP? Half the corporate FTP sites
> (Apple being the latest) i go to these days no longer have files,
> but instead have a text file that says to get the sh*t from some
> damn web page. What the hell was wrong with FTP?

Getting FTP to work properly through firewalls is a black art.

Much simpler to use http, which listens only to one port.

--Patrick