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Re: FTP instllation woes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Sangrey)
Sun Oct 27 17:39:26 1996
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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 17:30:38 -0500
From: Mike Sangrey <mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us>
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Erik Troan wrote:
> Marc Singer just mentioned on another list that the Windows NT ftp
> server doesn't support passive ftp. As this is broken according to
> RFC 959 (dated October 1985 -- well before Microsoft knew what "LAN"
> or "WAN" stood for) I don't feel much need to kludge my code to
> make up for Microsoft's shortcomings. I suggest telling whoever bought
> the NT box that NT doesn't speak TCP/IP and it needs to be replaced.
>
> Sorry if this sounds too harsh, but there are interoperability standards
> for a reason.
>
> Erik
>
>
Q. How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a light bulb?
A. None. They just declare darkness a standard.
:-)
Maybe they thought "passive" meant they could take it or leave it.
:-)
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