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To: dayglored
I admit, I used FTP a -lot- back in the day. But the internet was a much more innocent place, nobody worried about encrypting file transfers. And interactive FTP was almost as good as having a shell on the remote server, for browsing around and getting stuff.

But that innocence is long gone. And there have been far better tools available for many years.

3 posted on 10/20/2021 9:39:20 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored; ShadowAce
And for those who know about SFTP, yes it still exists and works fine, but it's a subsystem of SSH (Secure SHell), not related to the original FTP, and I don't know which (if any) browsers support it as a protocol, e.g.:

sftp://host.domain.com/path/...

Anybody know?

4 posted on 10/20/2021 9:45:24 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

In a former job, years ago, I had to upload files enrollment files to insurance carriers using FTP but there are much better and secure ways of doing that now.


8 posted on 10/20/2021 9:52:07 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: dayglored

mIRC!


27 posted on 10/20/2021 11:21:27 PM PDT by Bikkuri ("Anyone who trusts this government hasn't been paying attention." <Hat tip to DJ Macwow>)
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To: dayglored

It’s been so long since I used FTP that I have lost the memory of what is accomplished


42 posted on 10/21/2021 5:32:45 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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To: dayglored

Same - FTP was the convenient way to transfer files over our networks.


46 posted on 10/21/2021 6:38:53 AM PDT by trebb (Fight like your life and future depends on it - because they do.)
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