Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (010)
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Jan 12 2025 14:36:47

Hello Wilfred,

On Sunday January 12 2025 12:28, you wrote to me:

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

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

 WV> You mean FTP-server instead of OS!?

What I meant was that if it were a standard OS option, it would be doable to implement is in a dedicated FTP server. But if it were part of an existing FTP server, that might be another approach.

 WV> And I'm not familiar enough with FTP servers to know if these kind of
 WV> limits can be configured...

Neither am I.

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

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

 WV> Maybe others do? ;-)

Possibly. But  am not going to follow them.

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

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

 WV> I kind of agree. ;-)

So there we go. ;-)


Cheers, Michiel

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