On 2010-05-12, at 12:32, Paul Hoffman wrote: > The use of FTP dwarfs the use of SFTP by at least two orders of magnitude. Sure. To paraphrase my comment (or at least re-state it in a clearer way) from a protocol perspective, setting aside deficiencies in particular implementations, it seems more apropos to convey the message that FTP is inadequate in various ways, and to point towards some alternatives, than to imply (through the appearance of protocol maintenance) that FTP is alive and well and a good choice of protocol for new applications. Joe _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf