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HTTP better than FTP ??
Hello Experts,
In what ways is HTTP better than FTP ? If possible kindly explain with examples / cases.
Many thanks.
In what ways is HTTP better than FTP ? If possible kindly explain with examples / cases.
Many thanks.
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What do you mean? They are two different things.
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I meant as a transport protocol serving user needs how does HTTP fare against FTP and vice versa. how do they meet user needs and what makes one of them better than the other ?
Is this your homework?
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No. This ain't my homework but as I was studying Transport protocols I felt the need to get a better understanding of these from people actually working on these protocols than just blindly relying on Wikipedia or Google.
I'm not really sure they are comparable. They are used for two different things so I don't think one can be better then another.
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Could you kindly state any other differences in how these protocols function ?
Google is your friend.
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Could you tell me how HTTP being an in-band protocol and FTP being an out-of-band protocol affect their functioning ?
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Wait are you talking out of band with respect to the protocol itself or about TCP ... I assumed you were talking about the former.
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Your insight from a network security professional's point of view was helpful but I was referring with respect to TCP.
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Sorry about that I meant I was referring wrt to FTP and HTTP protocol only.