On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 04:24:44PM -0300, Guilherme Silveira wrote: > I would like to clarify one thing: is it possible to implement all > functionalities the ftp protocol has (download, upload, resume > upload/download, directory listing, mirror) with just pure https, no > extension methods or api?
Yes. Turn on automatic directory indexes on the server. For uploading some extra work is required, but it is possible - the server should handle PUT request and store the file. -- Alexander. > Em 18/03/2015 17:06, "Guilherme Silveira" <guilhermecgss...@gmail.com> > escreveu: > > > HI, > > > > I am new to lftp and would like to ask some questions...Please forgive me > > if the questions are dumb > > > > I need to implement the server side of a communication system that uploads > > and downloads files. The client side is using lftp as the client. > > > > It was agreed to use HTTPS as the communication protocol to do this. > > > > I am not an http-protocol expert, but I am wondering if this is possible. > > Pure HTTPs does not have all functionalities that ftp has, and would be > > necessary a API on the server side to make it work. For example, HTTPs does > > not have a command to list the contents of a directory. > > > > So, my conclusion is that the only way to implement this would be using > > ftp-over-http. > > > > My question is: > > > > 1- What is exactly a ftp-over-http? How does it works under the hood? > > 2- What I need to do to implement a server that support ftp-over-http? > > 3- What tools and software would you use to implement the server side? > > (for example: apache with mod_proxy, or jboss with something else, etc) > > > _______________________________________________ > lftp mailing list > lftp@uniyar.ac.ru > http://univ.uniyar.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/lftp _______________________________________________ lftp mailing list lftp@uniyar.ac.ru http://univ.uniyar.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/lftp
