Am 18.11.2020 um 23:53 schrieb Keith Moore:
... 3. WebDAV appears to be a functional equivalent to FTP for this purpose. However, replacing FTP with WebDAV looks like replacing a mature and well-established protocol that enjoys very widespread client support, with a less mature, less widely-supported, and even more baroque protocol than FTP, in addition to being disruptive. Though it would permit encryption, so that's a plus for WebDAV.
"more baroque"? Can you elaborate?
(In a brief search I did not find evidence that some countries are [still?] blocking https, only that some countries are blocking TLS 1.3 + ESNI. ) 4. I would be surprised if the opex associated with WebDAV were actually less than running an FTP server, but it's possible. ...
For some http servers, WebDAV support comes as module you just need to enable. So no additional server at all. Best regards, Julian
