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#1 2021-12-09 20:12:45
- fistrosan
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browser ftp support
Hi all, I am trying to work a bit with my ftp site. Unfortunately I cannot open it with my browser (waterfox or firefox). I can of course still access it from the command line. It seems to me that firefox dropped ftp support since version 90, but until now it was still possible to restore ftp functionality from about:config. In version 95 this is not possible anymore (I think). With brave and waterfox I am having the same issues. So, here is my question: do you know of any browser that still supports ftp and plans to do so for the time being ?
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#2 2021-12-10 01:42:39
- schard
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Re: browser ftp support
do you know of any browser that still supports ftp and plans to do so for the time being ?
No, and I'm thankful for that. FTP is inherently insecure.
If you want to use it for very specialized applications, you should use an FTP client, either as a terminal program or something like filezilla.
Addendum:
Most browser manufacturers moved strongly towards HTTPS as the default protocol in the past years, to make the transfer of data over the internet secure by default.
Supporting outdated and insecure protocols like FTP would undermine these ambitions.
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#3 2021-12-10 05:54:00
- fukawi2
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Re: browser ftp support
Yes, use a proper FTP Client. All the browsers are dropping support because FTP Must Die: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/FtpMustDie
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#4 2021-12-10 09:15:40
- seth
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Re: browser ftp support
Pretty sure midnight commander still does ftp, if you're looking for a light and reasonably comfortable client (no, it's not a browser, but you can configure lynx to preview html…)
Using ftp is wrong, using browsers for ftp is even wronger and using ftp as WAN protocol is wrongest. Just don't. Network filesystems are more efficient, sftp is more secure and if the traffic goes only one direction anyway, use http(s - isn't strictly required in a friendly LAN)
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