Comments on: Acronym Soup http://wp.narc.ro/2009/01/acronym-soup When the issue isn't confused enough. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:34:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Narc http://wp.narc.ro/2009/01/acronym-soup/comment-page-1#comment-123 Narc Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:37:43 +0000 http://wp.narc.ro/?p=204#comment-123 Well, Wikipedia says the FTPS RFC wasn't finalized until 2005, which is probably why SFTP (which, as it turns out, stands for SSH FTP, not Secure FTP) gained lots of traction. Plus, I guess it makes sense for us programmer types, who really do need that shell account, too. I actually ended up buying <a href="http://www.expandrive.com/sftpdrive" rel="nofollow">StfpDrive</a> for my internal networking needs, but for the huge file listings we have at my workplace, <a href="http://winscp.net/" rel="nofollow">WinSCP</a> remains king. Well, Wikipedia says the FTPS RFC wasn’t finalized until 2005, which is probably why SFTP (which, as it turns out, stands for SSH FTP, not Secure FTP) gained lots of traction. Plus, I guess it makes sense for us programmer types, who really do need that shell account, too.

I actually ended up buying StfpDrive for my internal networking needs, but for the huge file listings we have at my workplace, WinSCP remains king.

]]> By: Apu Illapu http://wp.narc.ro/2009/01/acronym-soup/comment-page-1#comment-122 Apu Illapu Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:44:58 +0000 http://wp.narc.ro/?p=204#comment-122 Gah, I meant FTPS, sorry. I suspect it will get more traction in other places that have the SSL infrastructure in place and don't want their users thinking about even asking for a shell. Anyhow, FireFTP speaks both. Gah, I meant FTPS, sorry. I suspect it will get more traction in other places that have the SSL infrastructure in place and don’t want their users thinking about even asking for a shell.
Anyhow, FireFTP speaks both.

]]> By: Apu Illapu http://wp.narc.ro/2009/01/acronym-soup/comment-page-1#comment-121 Apu Illapu Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:45:18 +0000 http://wp.narc.ro/?p=204#comment-121 A very important one I come across every day is <em>GIGO</em> - "Garbage In, Garbage Out". There are others, but they are sooo biology-specific that I'll spare you the white noise. Oh, and my university is using SFTP. There's a nice Firefox add-on I'm using for that, <a href="http://fireftp.mozdev.org/" rel="nofollow">FireFTP</a>, which provides easy r/w access to all kinds of ftp-like servers. A very important one I come across every day is GIGO – “Garbage In, Garbage Out”.
There are others, but they are sooo biology-specific that I’ll spare you the white noise.
Oh, and my university is using SFTP. There’s a nice Firefox add-on I’m using for that, FireFTP, which provides easy r/w access to all kinds of ftp-like servers.

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