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Re: Call for Community Feedback: Retiring IETF FTP Service

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Thu, 19 November 2020 16:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: Call for Community Feedback: Retiring IETF FTP Service
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From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
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Am 19.11.2020 um 16:42 schrieb Keith Moore:
> On 11/18/20 11:04 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> The number of features WebDAV tries to support makes FTP look simple,
> especially when using it for the purpose of granting file-level access
> to a read-only repository.

Not sure what features you are referring to, but many things are
optional. For read-only access, you basically just need PROPFIND (aka,
"ls") and bit of OPTIONS (if the client insists to do discovery).

> ...

Best regards, Julian

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