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Re:Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept by teddyh on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @03:14AM (#27351503)
You say that FTP is no good, but did you consider the numerous FTP protocol extensions, including MLST/MLSD and FTP-over-TLS?
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Re:Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept by LinAGKar on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @12:10PM (#27356766)
Does anyone support those? It still leaves the issue of it using multiple ports.
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Re:Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept by teddyh on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @05:52AM (#27366793)
> Does anyone support those?

Maybe, maybe not, but even then, wouldn’t implementing those be easier (for both you and the rest of the world) than creating a completely new protocol?

> It still leaves the issue of it using multiple ports.

Aren’t multiple ports only an “issue” if you assume NAT (and CGNAT, shudder) as a natural state of things?

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Re:Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept by LinAGKar on Saturday June 05, 2021 @11:23AM (#27405803)
>wouldn’t implementing those be easier (for both you and the rest of the world) than creating a completely new protocol?

Maybe. One the other hand, WebDav and SFTP may be more widely supported than those extensions already.

>Aren’t multiple ports only an “issue” if you assume NAT (and CGNAT, shudder) as a natural state of things?

NAT is unfortunately something ubiquitous. And the multiple ports makes FTP harder to tunnel.

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