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Re:Deprecate FTP support (deprecated) by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:45PM (#24782012)
> I'm not sure what could have been done to make a new FTP that was better than SFTP.

Or HTTPS, IMO; it supports file download/upload, user/pass access control, and encryption. It's a little annoying to have HTTP subsume yet another thing, but it's actually pretty decent at this one.

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Re:Deprecate FTP support (deprecated) by Spivak on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:33AM (#24784957)
The problem with HTTP is that it’s too generic to be a drop-in replacement. You have to get people to agree on a single app/protocol that uses HTTP as transport.
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Re:Deprecate FTP support (deprecated) by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:42AM (#24785938)
That’s what WebDAV was for.
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