Austin Acton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Good: ftp install works perfectly, as always > Bad: http install doesn't ask for a username, or doesn't default to > anonymous:[EMAIL PROTECTED], so I can't use http install on redbox.cz > Detail: I think it's always been like this, but http would be nice, and > this has two easy solutions: default to anonymous, or ask
yep it's always been the case. we use plain http requests (e.g. socket connection && GET <filename> HTTP/0.9, that's all). last time i checked, we only had one public mirror using http (in austria), it was damnedly slow but worked. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
