[sword-devel] Firefox to remove support for the FTP protocol | ZDNet

[Moses McKnight]

I don't know how you use FTP, but I have used SFTP for quite some time now and 
don't miss FTP at all for transferring to/from web servers.  In Linux I just use 
the file manager (Nemo/Dolphin/Thunar) and it is seamless

On 3/20/20 11:28 AM, David Haslam wrote:
> Thank you Caleb for so succinctly expressing the point that I vaguely hinted at.
> 
> This is something that needs our urgent attention.
> 
> David
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> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 16:23, Caleb Maclennan <caleb at alerque.com 
> <mailto:caleb at alerque.com>> wrote:
>> I don't think code sharing code with browsers is even the issue here, the 
>> issue is the FTP ecosystem is going away — and surprising quickly for 
>> something that used to be so ubiquitous. I've already bumped into several 
>> ISP's just flat out blocking all FTP traffic, probably because they didn't 
>> know of or care about any ongoing uses for it. With browsers dropping support, 
>> it's validity as a protocol is going to quickly go by the wayside. All 
>> existing FTP based systems should be ported to HTTPS (and only 'S') at the 
>> earliest convenience.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:22 PM Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:greg.hellings at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>
>>
>>     On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:20 AM David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com
>>     <mailto:dfhdfh at protonmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         The writing is on the wall for FTP.
>>
>>         Firefox to remove support for the FTP protocol | ZDNet
>>         https://flip.it/AY-TTt
>>
>>         How will this trend affect how we design and communicate?
>>
>>
>>     Since we don't use or rely on Mozilla or Chrome code, I imagine it won't
>>     affect much of anything.
>>
>>     --Greg
>>
>>
>>         Best regards,____
>>
>>         David
>>
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