Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-26 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I should have defined my terms: When I said ftp transfers are more > reliable than are ftp ones (in my experience), I meant that, once > started, they are much less prone to dying. That is observed fact. This depends totally on the client and proxy and

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-26 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I should have defined my terms: When I said ftp transfers are more > reliable than are ftp ones (in my experience), I meant that, once > started, they are much less prone to dying. That is observed fact. This depends totally on the client and proxy and

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-24 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 04:37:30PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: I should have defined my terms: When I said ftp transfers are more reliable than are ftp ones (in my experience), I meant that, once Thank you for clearing that up. Mike Stone

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-24 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Bernd Eckenfels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Actually HTTP is much more reliable than FTP. I should have defined my terms: When I said ftp transfers are more reliable than are ftp ones (in my experience), I meant that, once started, they are much less prone to dying. That is observed fact. >

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-24 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 04:37:30PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: I should have defined my terms: When I said ftp transfers are more reliable than are ftp ones (in my experience), I meant that, once Thank you for clearing that up. Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-24 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I _do_ love lftp, and will have to mention it in the referenced document. > (Thanks.) It certainly is fast and easy (as is wget), but "reliable" is > somewhat precluded by the http protocol itself. (Admittedly, this is > being picky, and "wget -c" fixes

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-24 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Bernd Eckenfels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Actually HTTP is much more reliable than FTP. I should have defined my terms: When I said ftp transfers are more reliable than are ftp ones (in my experience), I meant that, once started, they are much less prone to dying. That is observed fact. >

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-24 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I _do_ love lftp, and will have to mention it in the referenced document. > (Thanks.) It certainly is fast and easy (as is wget), but "reliable" is > somewhat precluded by the http protocol itself. (Admittedly, this is > being picky, and "wget -c" fixes

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-22 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Regarding point #3 in the last message at that URL: > > > 3. Multiple recursive gets/puts using ftp is fast, easy, and reliable. > > Closest http alternative is wget, which is nice but not quite as > > nice. > > lftp http://http.us.debian.or

Re: FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-21 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Regarding point #3 in the last message at that URL: > > > 3. Multiple recursive gets/puts using ftp is fast, easy, and reliable. > > Closest http alternative is wget, which is nice but not quite as > > nice. > > lftp http://http.us.debian.or

FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-21 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 04:41:25PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Bernd Eckenfels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Actually one should think about using FTP at all :) > > http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/ftp-justification Regarding point #3 in the last message at that URL: > 3. Multiple re

FTP in general (Re: Watch out! vsftpd anonymous access always enabled!)

2003-09-21 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 04:41:25PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Bernd Eckenfels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Actually one should think about using FTP at all :) > > http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/ftp-justification Regarding point #3 in the last message at that URL: > 3. Multiple re