Re: Does OpenSSH use RCP?

In article <slrndtu8a1.fah.elvis-85383@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
all mail refused <elvis-85383@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 2006-01-31, Volker Birk <bumens@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The idea of FTP to use _two_ sockets for communication, and that the
>> second one is made from server to client, is completely idiotic.
>
>It would be idiotic except for the fact that FTP predates TCP and
>the introduction of bidirectional sockets. So it's not so much
>idiotic as outdated.

Er, no. Bidirectional sockets predate both Unix and ARPANET. They
date from time immemorial. What you mean is that it predates their
introduction into the ARPANET/Internet area - which is not the same
thing at all.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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