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Subject: Re: RFC for MPUT and MGET in FTP . . .
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Date: 9 Oct 89 19:29:39 GMT
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	      Points to know about FTP history:

		1) 3-cornered FTP (source, destination, and control points on 
		   different hosts) never worked.

John,

Huh??  The UCLA MVS TCP/IP package ("ACP"), like its predecessor NCP
FTP package, used "3-cornered" FTP successfully, starting in 1974.  It
still does.  ISI recently wrote the BFTP program (see RFC-1068) to
perform background file transfers using "3-cornered FTP"; it has been
successful, and has been quite widely distributed.   Where did this
"never" come from?   

Bob Braden