Hi! I've received various private inquiries for additional clarity on FTP usage and what constitutes "a small community" beyond what's already in the proposed retirement plan [1]. To that end, I pulled together a few more detailed stats. This more detailed survey only looks at one of the periods referenced in [1] so the stats will vary a little bit (but the trends are the same). Please excuse the lack of polish and document location as this was quick and dirty. See: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JAXspeaMWFl8ML3hSezFSM0VsJsHI4uyDlQ2dHip8jo/edit?usp=sharing A few summary observations: ** ~91 users of FTP (from 140 unique IPs) ** 78% of all traffic created by 5 users ** 40% of FTP users made 1 file request ** FTP is 0.2% of HTTP traffic (to documents) ** >99% of all FTP traffic is users performing bulk downloads or search engine behavior Regards, Roman [1] https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/Retiring_IETF_FTP_Service.pdf > -----Original Message----- > From: Roman Danyliw > Sent: Monday, November 9, 2020 9:24 PM > To: 'ietf@xxxxxxxx' <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Call for Community Feedback: Retiring IETF FTP Service > > 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)
