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Re: Call for Community Feedback: Retiring IETF FTP Service

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Thu, 19 November 2020 04:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: Call for Community Feedback: Retiring IETF FTP Service
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Am 18.11.2020 um 23:53 schrieb Keith Moore:
> ...
>
> 3. WebDAV appears to be a functional equivalent to FTP for this
> purpose.   However, replacing FTP with WebDAV looks like replacing a
> mature and well-established protocol that enjoys very widespread client
> support, with a less mature, less widely-supported, and even more
> baroque protocol than FTP, in addition to being disruptive.   Though it
> would permit encryption, so that's a plus for WebDAV.

"more baroque"? Can you elaborate?

> (In a brief search I did not find evidence that some countries are
> [still?] blocking https, only that some countries are blocking TLS 1.3 +
> ESNI. )
>
> 4. I would be surprised if the opex associated with WebDAV were actually
> less than running an FTP server, but it's possible.
> ...

For some http servers, WebDAV support comes as module you just need to
enable. So no additional server at all.

Best regards, Julian

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