Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (010)
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Jan 12 2025 11:08:24

Hello Wilfred,

On Saturday January 11 2025 23:52, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> If you do that it is a mater of time before someone floods your
 MvdV>> inbound with junk and your systems crashes because of a disk
 MvdV>> full condition.

 MvdV>> In the POTS age that was expensive. In the age of the internet
 MvdV>> with speeds > 100 Mbps at zero cost....

 WV> So you should have some limits on the size and number of files that
 WV> can be uploaded.

AFAIK that is not a standard function in any OS. So you have to make it yourself. And test it extensively...

 WV> But without the anonymous upload option on an ftp site, having the IFT
 WV> flag in the nodelist is totally useless...

Agreed and I say allowing anonymous FTP upload is a risk I do not want to take.

Other than that I say that the added value of an alternative protocol to binkp for Fido is very limited if it runs on the same physical system and the same connection with the rest of the world. Binkd is very reliable, most problems with connections would affect the alternative protocol as well. An alternative protocol requires extra maintenance with more chance of errors. Plus that AFAIK there is no mechanisme for automatic fallback to FTP if binkp fails...

I say forget about FTP as a protocol for Fidonet. It is not worth the effort and the risk.


Cheers, Michiel

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