Iptables, FTP and firewall

[Voltage Spike]

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On Wednesday 10 July 2002 18:36, der.hans wrote:
> The real question, though, is: do you really need ftp? Use http for anon
> downloading and ssh/scp/sftp for authorized uploading/downloading if you
> can.

Isn't there a larger overhead for http downloads (i.e. slower downloads)?  
Don't http connections also have to come down the line in order?  I know that 
http is easier for the user to work with, but what kind of performance 
penalty will you see for using it?

Just a curious mind. ;-)

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