At Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:12:27 +0900 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 08/03/2011 06:41 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
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> > But back to the original problem, why would anyone use ftp in this
> > century when rsync or http(s) are so much easier to manage?
>
> Do we have Kerberized rsync yet? Or Globus rsync?
>
> If so... please post a link and... (^.^)
Is there a Kerberized ssh? Or a Kerberized ssh-agent?
>
> Anyway, that sort of gets to the heart of just why we have several (not
> just two) ftp options. ftp, vsftp, Kerberized ftp, gridftp, etc... Its a
> pretty common tool and in some specific cases scripting the niche ones
> is necessary due to a lack of alternatives to match a given environment
> -- though if security isn't an issue (bringing in signed, public
> packages from a repo, say)... then yeah, rsync; though some people view
> it as "just one more thing to have to learn" and never discovering the
> benefits.
>
> -Iwao
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