[3dem] wwPDB NEWS: Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol in the PDB Archive
Justin Flatt
justin at rcsb.rutgers.edu
Tue Nov 28 05:24:09 PST 2023
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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