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From: sra@lcs.mit.edu (Rob Austein)
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Subject: Re: RFC for MPUT and MGET in FTP . . .
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Date: 10 Oct 89 00:57:35 GMT
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In-reply-to: nagle@well.UUCP's message of 8 Oct 89 19:16:41 GMT


   Date: 8 Oct 89 19:16:41 GMT
   From: nagle@well.UUCP (John Nagle)

   ... 3-cornered FTP (source, destination, and control points on
   different hosts) never worked.

What about BFTP (RFC-1068)?  I don't know how widely used it is, but
it certainly works.

--Rob Austein, MIT