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tsao	December 21st, 2001 05:08 PM

why http over ftp?

Can someone please explain to me why gnutella use
http for file transfers rather than ftp?

Thanks!

Greeting,
tsao

Moak	December 21st, 2001 05:23 PM

Because the speed is the same. http handshaking/login is much easier and straight forward.

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