At 18:53 21/08/00 +0200, Mikael Olsson wrote:
> > ftp is simply over-engeneered...
>
>No, not really. It's actually under-engineered :)
that's right! I used "engeneered" in the bad sense. shame on me!
>Hint: FTP pre-dates TCP.
>
>Go read the original FTP RFC and you'll see why
>the connection dancing was such a good idea back then.
I thought the dancing was to allow diskless hosts to boot using ftp.
but I'll believe you: The last time I tried to read the FTP specs,
I felt like a cat swimming in the ocean. These guys and I aren't
talking the same dialect :<
regards,
mouss
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