Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 12947 invoked by uid 6000); 5 Aug 1999 15:56:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 12938 invoked from network); 5 Aug 1999 15:56:35 -0000 Received: from i.meepzor.com (HELO Mail.MeepZor.Com) (root@204.146.167.214) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 5 Aug 1999 15:56:35 -0000 Received: from Golux.Com (ss07.nc.us.ibm.com [32.97.136.237]) by Mail.MeepZor.Com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA03511; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 11:56:39 -0400 Message-ID: <37A9B405.2D7B083B@Golux.Com> Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:55:49 -0400 From: Rodent of Unusual Size Organization: The Apache Software Foundation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: FW: FTP Services..... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org Status: O Ryan Bloom wrote: > > While I would like to see an ftp server for Windows (I know, I know), > I don't see the benefit for Unix platforms, which all come with an > ftp server. Unless, we were planning to use the same daemon for http > and ftp. And just use the right protocol depending on the request. > It should just be a matter of making another small abstraction. :) Of course, there *would* be a certain cachet in providing the first (?) FTP server that provided back-end CGI support. CGI was intended to be usable by multiple protocol daemons, after all. :-D -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar Apache Software Foundation "Apache Server for Dummies"