CJKV Information Processing, 2nd Edition

Line-Termination Concerns

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And, times and technologies change. Some of the Internet applications and services that

were covered in the rst edition of this book, such as News clients, have become outdated.

Some, such as FTP, are still useful from time to time, though much of FTP’s functional-

ity has been taken over by web browsers. To a great extent, web forums have eectively

replaced News as the preferred medium through which to exchange information or ideas

within an interest group.

Line-Termination Concerns

No matter how complex the Web becomes, les still need to be transferred. In fact, one

can argue that le transfer is the very nature of the Web. Furthermore, each platform still

maintains its own notion of what constitutes line termination. As the Web becomes more

complex, more and more platforms interact with one another. In the past, services such

as FTP (File Transfer Protocol), rlogin, and telnet were common methods for connect-

ing to remote servers, for the purpose of transferring les or to perform tasks. To some

extent, these services are still in use today, but sp (secure FTP) and ssh (secure shell) are

preferred by many for their added security features. I know, because I still use them as

part of my daily work.

While it is not the purpose of this book to show you how to establish an FTP connection,

nor how to transfer les using FTP, there are some valid ...