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From: nelson@SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU (Russ Nelson)
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Subject: FTP implemetation issues (was Re: FTP "STRU VMS" extension)
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Date: 5 Feb 89 02:45:36 GMT
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I went back to the hosts that I looked at for MODE C to see if MODE B
would work.  They all say "We only support stream mode, sorry".
However, Bob *is* right, I misread the RFC, Compressed or Block mode
will do.

Let me ask the more experienced people on the net: Which do we need first?
Chickens (clients that implement MODE and REST) or Eggs (servers that ...)
I suspect that modifying the freely copyable Berkeley ftp and ftpd would
go a long way to making REST implementation universal.  Is anyone volunteering
or am I volunteering by bringing the issue up?  :-)
-russ