On Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 21:24 Michael Johnson <mich...@ebible.org> wrote:
> I thank God for you all who volunteer to work on the Sword Project. > > I have been upgrading and refining my server layout for eBible.org and a > dozen other Bible sites. Keeping FTP going is becoming harder all of the > time. Indeed, HTTP (not S) is getting harder, too. HTTPS is the > future-resistant protocol to access a Sword repository. I think this is not > a problem for currently updated Sword front ends using current back ends. > However, the ancient FTP protocol is a terrible protocol to rely on because > by default, there is no security to it at all for authentication or content > protection. It is easy to abuse. All major browsers have now stopped > supporting it. HTTP without TLS is likewise lacking, but at least it is > mostly supported by major browsers and libraries. Google and Apple are > nudging everyone to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. Of course, mainland China > often blocks HTTPS traffic, trying to force traffic into the clear where it > is easier to spy on and modify. It is a strange political environment, > indeed. > Any build using the libcurl interfaces should support HTTPS without any modifications necessary, provided libcurl was compiled with SSL/TLS support. But I owe Troy an overdue response to our conversation back in November wherein I test that to be sure. > THEREFORE, the eBible.org Sword repository at https://eBible.org/sword/ > is the preferred repository to use for the modules I maintain. > > I try to keep http://eBible.org/sword/ (not https) working, but it is > getting hard to test that, as most modern browsers "help" me to a more > secure connection. > You should be able to use CURL on the command line to check. I believe it won't follow Location header redirects by default (if it does, then there is a command line switch to disable it), so you should be able to check easily in an automated fashion using that. > Anonymous FTP does not work on the main eBible.org (no ftp.) server. It > does work most of the time on a separate machine named ftp.eBible.org. > That machine is running a software configuration with a known bug that I > don't yet know how to work around that causes it to go down at seemingly > random times, usually when I'm asleep or out of my office. > It is a shame that FTP has gotten such a bad rap. Yes, it's plaintext but there ARE times when encryption is unnecessary and just a burden. This is one of those times. --Greg > > Just FYI... > > -- > signature > > Aloha, > */Michael Johnson/** > 26 HIWALANI LOOP • MAKAWAO HI 96768-8747*• USA > mljohnson.org <https://mljohnson.org/> • eBible.org <https://eBible.org> > • WorldEnglish.Bible <https://WorldEnglish.Bible> • PNG.Bible < > https://PNG.Bible> > Signal/Telegram/WhatsApp/Telephone: +1 808-333-6921 > Skype: kahunapule • Telegram/Twitter: @kahunapule • Facebook: > fb.me/kahunapule <https://www.facebook.com/kahunapule> > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
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