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Number   :  3255
Date     :  2002-12-12
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: 160 switch settings
Size(KB) :  2


If you are asking whether XXCOPY supports file transfer
to/from remote computers using http: or ftp, the answer
is no.

It makes sense that FTP (I'm not really sure about HTTP)
should be treated by the system level that can
be made available to ordinary applications (including
XXCOPY). The concept is universal. But, then, isn't
that what the VPN is trying to address?

People ask us "is there a log-on feature inside XXCOPY?"
The answer is no. It is quite easy to set up a
batch file and make the batch file invoked in a context
of some specific user with all the right permission and
privilege it needs.

The FTP often needs log on and password chores also.
Even the simplest fact that a password embedded in a
visible batch file is a no-no in security is reason
enough not to do FTP from XXCOPY.

I believe our right attitude on this issue is let
Microsoft work on the easier access to FTP at the system
level (they may already be supporting it under some
obscure scheme that we are not familiar with).
When the Windows system assigns a drive letter to
the FTP, that is the time XXCOPY-based backup
can take advantage of the FTP as a viable backup
and file-transfer solution.

As to the HTTP, I recently stumbled on a book called
"Perl & LWP". The book (I did not finish reading it)
talks about techniques using Perl and a special library
called LWP (Library-for-WWW-in-Perl). It basically
shows you how to write a perl script to interact
with WWW servers. When you master this technique,
you can write a little "robot" that does the
surfing for you. Just as an example, it goes to
the NY Times web page, reads the main page and
converts it into a ten-line summary of the page.
It can invoke a Google search session and fetch
the info that is returned by the Google server and
make a text file on your hard disk.

But, both FTP and HTTP thing seems very much out of
the scope of what XXCOPY should do.


Ciao.
Kan Yabumoto
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At 2002-12-11 12:56, you wrote:
>Found the switxh settings:
>
>http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy01.htm
>
>Still would like to know about ftp or http?
>
>Thanks



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