chocobanana Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Greetings This one is a simple question: When you download files (like Linux distros) from the internet which protocol should be preferred, FTP or HTTP? Why? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 ftp. http is optimized for delivering...uh, hypertext...therefore it has more overhead than ftp. in english, it just means ftp is usually faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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