Re: Who is Cturley2 ??

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Thanks Jeff!

Roy

Jeff Blakeney wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:22:20 -0500, Roy and/or Janet Miller
> <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:
>
> >But on another level, since I do have some curiosity, would you care to
> >explain please what http was created to do, and does do, and ditto for ftp,
> >and how or when can they overlap?
>
> The only real difference between HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
> and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the methods that the server and
> client use to talk to each other to negotiate a connection and do the
> actual file transfer.
>
> Otherwise, they are both simply file transfer protocols.
>
> FTP being superior for file transfers as the user can specify whether
> they want a file sent in ASCII or Binary mode.  If the FTP client is
> left in Auto mode, then it acts pretty much the same as an HTTP
> client.  The server decides what mode to transfer the file in.
>
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