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    From Lord Blackfair@1:103/705 to All on Wed Sep 8 19:07:44 2021
    This is a bizzare happening. I cant access the ftp section on my bbs using firefox,chrome or edge IE shows page cannot be displayed.
    I can on the otherhand use ftpx and access it. Are there files missing or is there a setting that I am not setup right to use the web browser to view files?
    Lord Blackfair (Blackfair's Manor) blackf.synchro.net

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to Lord Blackfair on Wed Sep 8 17:32:54 2021
    Hello Lord,

    This is a bizzare happening. I cant access the ftp section on my
    bbs using firefox,chrome or edge IE shows page cannot be displayed. I
    can on the otherhand use ftpx and access it. Are there files missing
    or is there a setting that I am not setup right to use the web browser
    to view files?

    I hate to say it but that is probably perfectly normal behaviour for a lot of web browsers today. They seem to have the strange idea that that is a security fix.

    My own firefox 91.1.0 does absolutely nothing when I click on on ftp or telnet link.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Lord Blackfair on Wed Sep 8 19:44:00 2021
    Lord Blackfair wrote to All <=-

    This is a bizzare happening. I cant access the ftp section on
    my bbs using firefox,chrome or edge IE shows page cannot be
    displayed. I can on the otherhand use ftpx and access it. Are
    there files missing or is there a setting that I am not setup
    right to use the web browser to view files?

    Nothing bizarre about it - modern browsers no longer support the FTP
    protocol.



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  • From Daryl Stout@1:103/705 to Lord Blackfair on Thu Sep 9 10:14:00 2021
    Keith,

    This is a bizzare happening. I cant access the ftp section on my
    bbs using firefox,chrome or edge IE shows page cannot be displayed. I
    can on the otherhand use ftpx and access it. Are there files missing or
    is there a setting that I am not setup right to use the web browser to view files?

    Most browsers have removed FTP capability. I use FileZilla for any FTP transfers...mainly for sbbs_dev and sbbs_run files. I figured I'd grab
    them today, since it was time for another Windows 2nd Tuesday update.

    On another note, your CAPTCHA utility is working beautifully. :)

    Daryl

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Thu Sep 9 09:01:52 2021
    Re: Re: FTP Connections
    By: Gamgee to Lord Blackfair on Wed Sep 08 2021 07:44 pm

    Nothing bizarre about it - modern browsers no longer support the FTP protocol.

    That's something I find a bit bizzare.. Files have been hosted via FTP for a long time. I think I heard something like they think FTP hosting is a security risk now, or something?

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Lord Blackfair on Thu Sep 9 12:50:41 2021
    Re: FTP Connections
    By: Lord Blackfair to All on Wed Sep 08 2021 07:07 pm

    This is a bizzare happening. I cant access the ftp section on my bbs using firefox,chrome or edge IE shows page cannot be displayed.
    I can on the otherhand use ftpx and access it. Are there files missing or is there a setting that I am not setup right to use the web browser to view files?

    Read this:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_html
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    digital man

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Daryl Stout on Thu Sep 9 12:51:21 2021
    Re: Re: FTP Connections
    By: Daryl Stout to Lord Blackfair on Thu Sep 09 2021 10:14 am

    Most browsers have removed FTP capability. I use FileZilla for any FTP transfers...mainly for sbbs_dev and sbbs_run files. I figured I'd grab them today, since it was time for another Windows 2nd Tuesday update.

    Having FTP support in a web browser is nice, as you can just click on the link and download the file, the same as a file hosted via HTTP.

    Nightfox

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Thu Sep 9 19:02:00 2021
    Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Re: Re: FTP Connections
    By: Gamgee to Lord Blackfair on Wed Sep 08 2021 07:44 pm

    Nothing bizarre about it - modern browsers no longer support the FTP protocol.

    That's something I find a bit bizzare.. Files have been hosted
    via FTP for a long time. I think I heard something like they
    think FTP hosting is a security risk now, or something?

    Yes, it's being/been removed because of security concerns.


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  • From Keith Cunningham@1:129/125 to Daryl Stout on Thu Sep 9 22:15:54 2021
    Re: Re: FTP Connections
    By: Daryl Stout to Lord Blackfair on Thu Sep 09 2021 10:14 am

    Most browsers have removed FTP capability. I use FileZilla for any FTP transfers...mainly for sbbs_dev and sbbs_run files. I figured I'd grab
    them today, since it was time for another Windows 2nd Tuesday update.
    On another note, your CAPTCHA utility is working beautifully. :)
    I did figure it out IE 11 still supports it, and i use FTP-explorer.
    Yes Ever since i started using to capture utility I have not had a bot attempt to logon as ROOT or Admin or SSH. Some thanks to other people and reading through the DOCS of the Baja.

    Lord Blackfair (Blackfair's Manor) blackf.synchro.net
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Fri Sep 10 07:04:00 2021
    Nightfox wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

    Having FTP support in a web browser is nice, as you can just click on
    the link and download the file, the same as a file hosted via HTTP.

    At first, Google came for Gopher Support and I did not speak out - because I did not have a gopher site.

    Then, they came for FTP Support and I did not speak out - because I did not have an FTP site.

    Then, they came for HTTP and I did not speak out - because I had a
    LetsEncrypt certificate.

    Then, they came for HTTPS, and there was no one left to speak for me.


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