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I'm curious as to how many people use FTP in the browser?
I use it from time to time to download ISOs or source tarballs. It's handy not to have to use an external program for that.
I'm curious as to how many people use FTP in the browser?
Are there security issues with FTP, or do people just not use it enough because HTTP supplants it? I haven't used FTP in a while to download files.
The only FTP I use these days is really SFTP
I'm curious as to how many people use FTP in the browser?
Are there security issues with FTP, or do people just not use it enough because HTTP supplants it? I haven't used FTP in a while to download files.
There's more changes on nsFtpConnectionThread.cpp: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/log/tip/netwerk/proto...
Looking at those changes, it's clear that there has been very little substantive modifications to the FTP code itself, as opposed to keeping up with style guide changes, mass renamings, and API changes. So either you believe this 15 year old code is really rock-solid, stable, high-quality code, or you believe that it's a massive pile of bugs and security holes that no one's examined too closely. I know which one I believe.
Are there security issues with FTP, or do people just not use it enough because HTTP supplants it? I haven't used FTP in a while to download files.
fun fact, Windows has a built in FTP client in Explorer. Just enter an FTP address into the address bar and then right click to login.
I love discussions about browsers on Hacker News! They're amazing. Half the people ranting how some insanely complicated technical decision is going to ruin the world, the other half yelling at them that this is necessary, others ranting about how the vendor is evil for some reason, etc. Just lovely!