Stephan Seitz wrote on 04/05/2005 17:45: > On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 03:31:58PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >>>ftp://amd64.debian.net/debian work too. Is correct to use it? >> >>If you must. Http is prefered by almost everyone as it doesn't require >>makeing a new connection for every file and is thus faster and >>firewall friendlier. > > Now I'm confused. I thought http was the protocol making new > connections for every file,
HTTP/1.0 was, but HTTP/1.1 allows the use of a connection for multiple requests. Some proxies prevent that from happening though. > and ftp the protocol using one connection > for every action until you log out. ftp uses one _control_ connection per session and one _data_ connection for every transfer (including listing directories). cu, sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]