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nayuki • today at 2:23 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

I used to use FTP in Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox about 15 to 30 years ago. It was convenient at the time. FTP was unceremoniously killed in mainstream browsers too. You can still use it through other software and raw libraries. Later, I read the protocol specification and realized it is badly designed - though at least simple and concise compared to the sprawling number of features in HTTP.


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Sharlin • today at 2:27 AM

SFTP (not to be confused with FTPS) has been the de facto replacement for FTP for the past thirty years.