ftp vs http vs scp

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_floodgap.com>
Date: Fri May 28 09:52:00 2004

> This is false. I, for example, run lynx, and on two separate occasions
> I have looked into convincing it to support SSL; in each case, I got
> about four levels deep in tools-to-build-the-tools before running into
> a requirement for something ridiculously heavyweight - perl, I think -
> and abandoning the attempt.

Perl is unbelievably commonplace, though. You don't have it/use it? I
barely remember life before Perl (and for that matter tcsh -- I can't believe
I fumbled by on csh all those years in university).

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