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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by cpach on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:12PM (#27897174)
What is the use-case for FTP in 2021?
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by xahrepap on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:08PM (#27897868)
I work in the healthcare sector. I tend to come across FTP urls related to my industry often. Usually from .gov sites.
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by Someone1234 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:15PM (#27897942)
The healthcare sector should be using secure technologies like TLS/HTTPS. If anything that's an argument for this change, since misuse of FTP remains rampant.
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by xahrepap on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:20PM (#27898002)
I don’t disagree. I’m simply pointing out it’s still used. That severing links and arguing in favor of that by saying “no one uses it” is inaccurate.
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by ipaddr on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:28PM (#27897364)
Moving files between servers. Same as yesterday, same as tomorrow.
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by duskwuff on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:48PM (#27897615)
And Firefox didn't even do that. It never included full FTP client functionality; it only supported directory listings and downloads.
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by silverfox17 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:24PM (#27897323)
Transferring files
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by antisol on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:14PM (#27898689)
>What is the use-case for FTP in 2021?

Transferring files.

There's a hint right there in the protocol name.

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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by jacquesm on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:22PM (#27897305)
Backwards compatibility with existing online resources.
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by sildur on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:21PM (#27897302)
What's the use-case for desktop Linux in 2021?
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by drdec on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:07PM (#27897852)
A desktop environment with no telemetry.
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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by stirfish on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:34PM (#27897449)
Transferring files
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