Bill Gates: "I'm literally losing sleep over Java"

Re:Bill Gates: "I'm literally losing sleep over Java" by peoplefromibiza on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:15AM (#34261991)

> but because they waited until last year

FTP died long ago as a protocol, it wasn't killed by some corporations trying to embrace and extend, but by better protocols (SFTP, SCP, HTTP(S) etc.)

also FTP created a lot of issues behind NAT

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Re:Bill Gates: "I'm literally losing sleep over Java" by kragen on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:24AM (#34262158)

there are still ftp servers and there is still a substantial information that is only accessible through ftp, however lame the protocol design is

wrt nat i would say that nat created a lot of issues with ftp

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Re:Bill Gates: "I'm literally losing sleep over Java" by peoplefromibiza on Friday January 06, 2023 @08:39AM (#34274418)

> wrt nat i would say that nat created a lot of issues with ftp

let me rephrase it.

FTP behind NAT had a lot of issues.

But the protocol was never designed to be accessed by a WEB browser, that were limited to read only access.

The best way to access FTP is through an FTP client.

I don't necessarily agree with the new wave of browser security at all costs, like HTTPS everywhere, but FTP clients are far from being hard to find.

> there is still a substantial information that is only accessible through ftp

can you point me to an example?

I haven't encountered that problem since the end of the 90s. The only instance I can recall is upgrading the firmware of home routers/modems using TFTP.

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