[3dem] wwPDB NEWS: Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol in the PDB Archive

[Justin Flatt]

The FTP protocol for file downloads has been losing popularity over the 
years in favor of HTTP/S. There are many advantages of HTTP/S including 
speed, statelessness, security (HTTPS), and better support. Importantly 
during the past 2-3 years the main web browsers (Chrome and Firefox) 
have dropped support for the FTP protocol, which has effectively 
discontinued the FTP protocol for non-technical users.

Given that the majority of file download activity on the internet has 
moved to HTTP/S, wwPDB plans to deprecate FTP download protocol on 
November 1st 2024 (see previous announcement) [1].

Support for the RSYNC protocol, which offers additional functionality, 
will continue to be maintained.

As announced previously [2], wwPDB supports protocol-specific DNS names:

  	* https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://files.wwpdb.org__;!!Mih3wA!Ha94EnbU1FkoZkzZoOVAmfyg_LimxB01-RQq8clFi9sSblQAOsCrloOOiWE8aQOShaSh-6raqDTdvLYDNe2LHI37$  for HTTP/S
  	* https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://rsync.wwpdb.org__;!!Mih3wA!Ha94EnbU1FkoZkzZoOVAmfyg_LimxB01-RQq8clFi9sSblQAOsCrloOOiWE8aQOShaSh-6raqDTdvLYDNct9H3cl$  for RSYNC
  	* ftp.wwpdb.org [3] for FTP; will be deprecated on November 1, 2024. 
Note this DNS name does not accept HTTP/S traffic.

Please contact info at wwpdb.org with any questions.

Links:
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[1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wwpdb.org/news/news?year=2022*636151b266d6046810db7f0f__;Iw!!Mih3wA!Ha94EnbU1FkoZkzZoOVAmfyg_LimxB01-RQq8clFi9sSblQAOsCrloOOiWE8aQOShaSh-6raqDTdvLYDNaMsNivI$ 
[2] https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wwpdb.org/news/news?year=2022*6303be3b707ecd4f63b3d3d9__;Iw!!Mih3wA!Ha94EnbU1FkoZkzZoOVAmfyg_LimxB01-RQq8clFi9sSblQAOsCrloOOiWE8aQOShaSh-6raqDTdvLYDNZCz2njU$ 
[3] https://urldefense.com/v3/__ftp://ftp.wwpdb.org__;!!Mih3wA!Ha94EnbU1FkoZkzZoOVAmfyg_LimxB01-RQq8clFi9sSblQAOsCrloOOiWE8aQOShaSh-6raqDTdvLYDNfyksiuO$ 
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