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From: esasaki@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Eric Sasaki)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: What is FSP?
Date: 9 Aug 1994 16:40:14 -0600
Organization: University of Denver, Math/CS Dept.
Lines: 38
Message-ID: <3290ke$s98@nyx10.cs.du.edu>
References: <Cu70A7.GEL@freenet.carleton.ca> <3249rc$hcu@news.umbc.edu> <3284hj$fc7@csi0.csi.UOttawa.CA>
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u486077@csi.uottawa.ca (Luis Miguel Huapaya) writes:
>Hum, I do believe you are wrong. FSP is a new file transfer protocol
>which is meant to replace the aging FTP. It is not very popular yet,
>but considering that it uses compression and achieves much higher
>transfer rates, it will probably grow to replace FTP. Well, there
>you have it.
Actually, it is only fairly new--a few years old already. However, it is
NOT a replacement for FTP as a whole. Rather, it is an alternative to
anonymous FTP service, since it combines the features of anon FTP with
none of the server-related load effects. It uses UDP rather than a TCP
connection to transfer files; thus it will have *lower* transfer rates
(this is because UDP is not a particularly efficient or reliable method
of transfer). But UDP does not require an active connection and you can
resume an incomplete download if the server goes down in the middle.
The normal speed is 2-4 K per second; but you can conduct the transfer
completely in the background while you do other things.
Finally, FSP does not use any sort of compression. It simply send chunks
of the actual file across the net. The file can be text, binary, compressed,
whatever, and FSP will transfer it seamlessly (no need to specify binary
downloads!)
>P.S. If you are not sure if FSP exists on your system, ask you local
> internet manager.
Good advice--many systems already have it installed. Even if your system
doesn't you can easily compile it yourself. Clients are available on most
popular platforms.
FAQ available by request!
Saki
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