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I guess many old website maintenance workflows still rely on ftp'ing HTML and assets to the web server (though not through browsers). I personally have recommen

I guess many old website maintenance workflows still rely on ftp'ing HTML and assets to the web server (though not through browsers). I personally have recommended clients to switch over to ssh/scp 15 years ago if they can help it but their hosting package might not support it. The optimal, made-for-purpose protocol for this use case is WebDAV but I'm not sure it's still supported out-of-the-box by all major OSs and/or hosting packages.

layoutIfNeeded 7y ago
Ugh... WebDAV itself is a nasty can of worms, full of half-assed optional extensions and specification warts.
admax88q 7y ago
You know what is a made for purpose protocol for transferring files? The File Transfer Protocol.
- tannhaeuser 7y ago
  Ok :) but WebDAV has the advantage that it's integrated with .htaccess permissions on Apache shared hosting.