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zoky • today at 10:55 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

FTP is still used quite a bit. For what it’s useful for, nothing has come close to replacing it.


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cowlevel • today at 11:38 AM

SFTP? Don't confuse it with FTP or FTPS - SFTP is a different protocol which runs on top of SSH.

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networked • today at 11:46 AM

What do you mean, "for what it’s useful for"? For me, WebDAV has replaced FTP where SFTP hasn't.

kristopolous • today at 10:59 AM

like in enterprise? the browsers stopped shipping with ftp support I think 5 years ago.

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charcircuit • today at 11:33 AM

HTTPS has largely replaced it. Pretty much all files uploaded or downloaded from the internet is going to be done via HTTPS and not FTP.

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