On Friday 14 Feb 2003 3:22 pm, Keith Watson wrote:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/2132221
An anonymous coward asks "Looking to serve files for downloading (typically 1MB-6MB), I'm confused about whether I should provide anFTP server instead of / as well as HTTP. According to a rapid Google search, the experts say 1) HTTP is slower and less reliable than FTP and 2) HTTP is amateur and will make you look a wimp. But a) FTP is full of security holes. and b) FTP is a crumbling legacy protocol and will make you look a dinosaur. Surely some contradiction... Should I make the effort to implement FTP or take desperate steps to avoid it?"
So what's the general opinion about FTP vs. HTTP in the GNU/Linux environment?
When given the choice, personally I always go for the HTTP download for one reason - everyone else goes for FTP because its a faster protocol. In reality though, I'm one of the few on the HTTP link so I get faster download overall.
Matt