ftp vs http vs scp

From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
Date: Fri May 28 10:33:36 2004

On Fri, 28 May 2004 08:53:10 -0500
Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_computer-refuge.org> wrote:

> For anonymous transfers, the only thing I can see you'd want that http
> doesn't provide [...] is transferring multiple files over a single TCP
> connection
Transfering them simultaneously?
Or in sequence?
HTTP can do persistent TCP connections ("Keep-Alive") and pipelining to
transport several files in sequence over the same TCP connection.
-- 
tsch??,
       Jochen
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