+1
Lou
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On November 10, 2020 6:56:04 AM "Scott O. Bradner" <sob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
is there a compelling reason to stop a service that some people are using
the pdf says : "The operational complexity of running this service "
just what complexity is there once the service was set up (years ago)?
i.e., just how much does this service cost to run?
(seems to me that it is likely that the effort to develop this plan was much more than just letting the service run)yes, I run one of the scripts that use ftp to access IETF resources and it would be a significant pain to rewrite it
since it is complicated script and I do not know how to do some of its functions in other non-ftp waysI do seriously want to know how much it costs the IETF to run the ftp service
Scott
On Nov 9, 2020, at 9:23 PM, Roman Danyliw <rdd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi!
The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is seeking community input on retiring the IETF FTP service (ftp://ftp.ietf.org, ftp://ops.ietf.org, ftp://ietf.org). A review of this service has found that FTP appears to serve a very small community and HTTP has become the access mechanism of choice. Given this shift in community usage, reducing the operational complexity of the overall IETF infrastructure seems to outweigh the very limited community served with FTP.
In reviewing the additional impacts of such a service retirement, the dependencies on FTP have been assessed. Additionally, it has been confirmed that all information currently reachable through FTP will continue to be available through other services (HTTP, RSYNC, IMAP).
In consultation with the Tools team (Robert, Glen, Henrik, Russ, and Alexey), Communications team (Greg), affected SDO liaisons, IAB Chair, and LLC ED, a proposed retirement plan was developed and is available at:
https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/Retiring_IETF_FTP_Service.pdf
The IESG appreciates any input from the community on this proposal and will consider all input received by December 4, 2020 (to account for the upcoming IETF 109 and holidays).
Regards,
Roman
(as the IESG Tools Liaison)
