HFTP
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HFTP is a protocol for accessing FTP
resources via HTTP proxy. It uses ftp URL
scheme in HTTP requests to a proxy.
The notation of HFTP was introduced in Lftp
client to distinguish between plain FTP protocol and indirect access via HTTP proxy. Lftp supports hftp URL scheme to select HFTP protocol explicitly.
File Transfer Protocol
File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server...
resources via HTTP proxy. It uses ftp URL
Uniform Resource Locator
In computing, a uniform resource locator or universal resource locator is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to an Internet resource....
scheme in HTTP requests to a proxy.
The notation of HFTP was introduced in Lftp
Lftp
lftp is a command-line file transfer program for UNIX and Unix-like systems. It was written by Alexander Lukyanov, and is made available under the GNU General Public License....
client to distinguish between plain FTP protocol and indirect access via HTTP proxy. Lftp supports hftp URL scheme to select HFTP protocol explicitly.