On Feb 17, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Konstantin Shvachko wrote: > hdfsproxy is a wrapper around hftpFileSystem (in its current state). > So you can always replace hdfsproxy with hftpFileSystem. > Also it uses pure FileSystem api, so it can successfully be maintained > outside of hdfs. > > Therefore I am +1 removing it from hdfs/contrib. > > What is the use case for hdfsproxy anyways?
A stable, secure http get interface for files. (No, the normal web ui
is not good enough. Think firewalls.).
