Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderYou might be amused to browse Chrome's implementation of FTP, which has separate modules for each of the different types of FTP servers you might encounter, as each emits the "ls -l" output in a different way and that is (I guess) the only way to get file sizes. http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromium.git;a=tree;f=net/... see all the "directory listing" files. The unit tests are full of scary cases like // Tests for "ls -l" style listing in Russian locale (note the swapped // parts…
As the author of an FTP server called Net::FTPServer, I must say this article is full of crap. All modern clients request binary mode and passive connections by default. All modern servers can restrict the range of port numbers used on the server side. Clients support encrypted control and/or data connections. You can checksum files using de facto standard commands (it's better than unencrypted http in this regard). Now some benefits of FTP: - easy uploading of files - standardized…
Sounds more to me like "The FTP RFC is in dire need of an update." I see no problem with that. Perhaps the author would be interested in looking into that?
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 224
- Total comments
- 203
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-22 | FTP Must Die | Garbage | 1 | 0 |
| 2012-01-29 | FTP Must DieFirst breakout · Best thread | werdnanoslen | 174 | 116 |
| 2013-03-12 | FTP Must Die | bentaber | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-03-09 | FTP Must die the technical explanationLatest 20+ point return | aurelien | 46 | 84 |
| 2019-10-03 | FTP Must DieHall induction | lordgrenville | 2 | 3 |