DOS ain't dead

HTTPS is killing FTP (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 18.01.2019, 20:26

And just to mention this also, since it's related to networking, ....

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/README

> (Updated October 13 2017):
>
> Because of security concerns with plaintext protocols, we still
> intend to disable the FTP protocol for downloads on this server
> (downloads would still be available over HTTP and HTTPS), but we
> will not be doing it on November 1, 2017, as previously announced
> here. We will be sharing our reasons and offering a chance to
> comment on this issue soon; watch this space for details.
>
> If you maintain scripts used to access ftp.gnu.org over FTP,
> we strongly encourage you to change them to use HTTPS instead.

I swear, everything legacy gets thrown away. I like the simplicity of FTP. I like using mTCP. But decisions like this make it almost impossible.

This is why we really need good (updated! reproducible!) ports of Curl and/or Wget and/or Links2. We just don't have much of a choice. So many sites are going "HTTPS only".

Complete thread:

• New links for DOS. - ron, 17.01.2019, 20:06 (Announce)
  • New links for DOS. - KormaX, 17.01.2019, 23:42
    • New links for DOS. - iw2evk, 18.01.2019, 08:59
      • New links for DOS. - iw2evk, 18.01.2019, 14:22
    • new Curl 7.63.0 build for DOS - Rugxulo, 18.01.2019, 19:54
      • HTTPS is killing FTP - Rugxulo, 18.01.2019, 20:26
      • new Curl 7.63.0 build for DOS - KormaX, 24.01.2019, 14:05
    • New links for DOS. - RayeR, 19.01.2019, 02:23
      • New links for DOS. - KormaX, 24.01.2019, 14:02
        • New links for DOS. - bretjohn, 24.01.2019, 21:13
          • New links for DOS. - RayeR, 26.01.2019, 03:05
            • New links for DOS. - KormaX, 28.01.2019, 10:49
              • New links for DOS. - bretjohn, 28.01.2019, 19:15
                • New links for DOS. - RayeR, 29.01.2019, 21:03
                  • New links for DOS. - bretjohn, 30.01.2019, 16:36
              • New links for DOS. - Ninho, 04.02.2019, 11:11
                • New links for DOS. - Ninho, 04.02.2019, 11:18
                • New links for DOS. - RayeR, 04.02.2019, 23:29
                  • New links for DOS. - Ninho, 05.02.2019, 01:24
                    • New links for DOS. - RayeR, 06.02.2019, 00:01
  • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 27.03.2019, 02:38
    • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 22.04.2019, 03:29
      • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 02.09.2019, 22:57
        • New links for DOS. - rr, 04.09.2019, 21:06
        • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 18.07.2020, 15:47
          • New links for DOS. - Rugxulo, 23.07.2020, 05:25
            • New links for DOS. - Oso2k, 23.07.2020, 16:46
            • New links for DOS. - Rugxulo, 23.07.2020, 19:34
              • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 25.07.2020, 17:27
                • New links for DOS. - rr, 16.01.2024, 23:31
                  • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 22.01.2024, 10:56
                    • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 31.07.2024, 00:24
  • New links for DOS. - Karen, 22.11.2019, 03:09
    • New links for DOS. - rr, 22.11.2019, 13:49
  • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 06.08.2020, 20:09
  • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 18.03.2021, 12:23
    • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 09.06.2021, 14:55
  • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 14.09.2021, 18:44
    • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 04.10.2021, 13:04
      • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 11.04.2022, 00:15
        • New links for DOS. - Laaca, 11.04.2022, 17:52
          • New links for DOS. - rr, 11.04.2022, 19:35
        • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 30.05.2022, 12:48
          • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 01.10.2022, 14:53
  • New links for DOS. - dggionco, 23.03.2023, 13:19
    • New links for DOS. - Laaca, 23.03.2023, 17:18
      • New links for DOS. - turboblack, 07.02.2024, 18:55