Originally posted by Ryx:
How 'bout FTP? Should be easy enough.
There's more to it than just the file transfer method. Just off the top of my head, here's the issues I see:
- Security. FTP sends username/password combinations in the clear. This is bad.
- Fair use. I've only got so much hard drive space (admittedly, a lot, but still limited), so I need to parcel that out fairly.
- Backups. I need a way so that users could choose which files were committed to tape regularly, and a way to recall archived data back (in the event of accidental deletion). I don't want to sit around waiting for undelete requests.
- Automatic signup/setup. I don't want to have to do all this by hand, all the time. I do need some time to keep modding Iwar2
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That's the quick list. Once I were to start working on this in earnest, I'm sure I would find some more issues.
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[This message has been edited by mikhael (edited 01-11-2002).]
