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Lots of places like US federal institutions or universities use FTP to this day to distribute their open datasetes. Show me an example of actual FTP MITM hack

Lots of places like US federal institutions or universities use FTP to this day to distribute their open datasetes. Show me an example of actual FTP MITM hack in the wild. Sure loading FTP resources from HTTP(S) context is not a good idea (as would be downloading executables over FTP), but did they actually make any effort to inform the public and owners of FTP servers? I do not think so, I haven't seen it. Mozilla these days has very weird priorities. Their decisions should not feel so unilateral or "because Chrome does it". There should be more emphasis on widely understood infrastructure even at the cost of "soft" projects/campaigns [1] - these could be served by the EFF after all. I can't understand why shedding MDN was a good idea in their heads. [1] Like this one: https://foundation.mozilla.org/pl/blog/mozilla-investigation-youtube-algorithm-recommends-videos-that-violate-the-platforms-very-own-policies/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/pl/blog/mozilla-investigation...

ncann 5y ago
Even though I love Firefox and I think it's vital for the web, I can't really in good conscience support Mozilla when it keeps shooting itself in the foot times and times again.
autoexec 5y ago
> Mozilla these days has very weird priorities. Their decisions should not feel so unilateral or "because Chrome does it" I agree. The attempts to be more and more like Chrome are especially confusing to me. Maybe they just want to copy what's popular but the thing they seem to miss is that if people wanted a browser that was just like chrome they'd probably just use chrome. The removal of choice, customization, and control over Firefox is what's going to drive people away. Those are the features that attracted most of us to Firefox in the first place.
da_chicken 5y ago
> Lots of places like US federal institutions or universities use FTP to this day to distribute their open datasetes. Then they can use an FTP client which will perform better anyways. This is Mozilla removing it from their web browser, not L3 black holing port 21 traffic. Why do you need to use a web browser?

ncann 5y ago

Even though I love Firefox and I think it's vital for the web, I can't really in good conscience support Mozilla when it keeps shooting itself in the foot times and times again.

autoexec 5y ago

> Mozilla these days has very weird priorities. Their decisions should not feel so unilateral or "because Chrome does it" I agree. The attempts to be more and more like Chrome are especially confusing to me. Maybe they just want to copy what's popular but the thing they seem to miss is that if people wanted a browser that was just like chrome they'd probably just use chrome. The removal of choice, customization, and control over Firefox is what's going to drive people away. Those are the features that attracted most of us to Firefox in the first place.

da_chicken 5y ago

> Lots of places like US federal institutions or universities use FTP to this day to distribute their open datasetes. Then they can use an FTP client which will perform better anyways. This is Mozilla removing it from their web browser, not L3 black holing port 21 traffic. Why do you need to use a web browser?