Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
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Re: Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
#2> And I’m sure some person in some suitably technical job somewhere is going to claim that FTP will never die because there will always be a specialized use case for it somewhere. Sure, whatever. But for the vast majority of people, when Chrome disconnects FTP from the browser, they likely won’t find a reason to reconnect.
I'm some person in a suitable technical job somewhere. Yeah, FTP will be around for a long, long time. Will it be around forever? Not likely. Will it "soon disappear from the internet"? Even less likely.
Hooray for clickbait.
Re: Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
#3> And I’m sure some person in some suitably technical job somewhere is going to claim that FTP will never die because there will always be a specialized use case for it somewhere. Sure, whatever. But for the vast majority of people, when Chrome disconnects FTP from the browser, they likely won’t find a reason to reconnect. I'm some person in a suitable technical job somewhere. Yeah, FTP will be around for a long, lon…
For me, I SFTP from 5 locations around the globe daily. I could build a complex system to manage the transfers.. but why, when it just works for our use case.
Re: Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
#4> And I’m sure some person in some suitably technical job somewhere is going to claim that FTP will never die because there will always be a specialized use case for it somewhere. Sure, whatever. But for the vast majority of people, when Chrome disconnects FTP from the browser, they likely won’t find a reason to reconnect. I'm some person in a suitable technical job somewhere. Yeah, FTP will be around for a long, lon…
For me, I SFTP from 5 locations around the globe daily. I could build a complex system to manage the transfers.. but why, when it just works for our use case.
SFTP is basically just SSH, the only thing it shares in common with FTP is the name.
Re: Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
#5It will never disappear from many legacy systems
Re: Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
#6If FTP disappears the US healthcare industry will go with it.
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#7If FTP disappears the US healthcare industry will go with it.
FTP isn't disappearing and I'm pretty sure the US healthcare industry would find a different way to transfer files instead of disappearing.
Re: Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
#8FTP did have some odd features that were useful at times.
The SITE EXEC command allowed programs to be run remotely, with their output filtered back to the client.
The proxy command allowed functionality similar to modern jump host ssh.
Of course, anonymous ftp has no equivalent in ssh/sftp.
Re: Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
#9FTP did have some odd features that were useful at times. The SITE EXEC command allowed programs to be run remotely, with their output filtered back to the client. The proxy command allowed functionality similar to modern jump host ssh. Of course, anonymous ftp has no equivalent in ssh/sftp.
It was also a great way to break into buggy SunOS systems and gain root access... Oh, the early days of the internet!
Re: Why FTP could soon disappear from the Internet (2020)
#10In other news, usenet won't be accessible using gopher.