[c-nsp] Download manager hell and latest Windows VPN Client?

Gert Doering gert at greenie.muc.de
Thu Sep 24 03:38:39 EDT 2009


Hi,

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 07:27:10PM -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
> You really need to communicate this to GSA and perhaps DoJ.  Many web  
> developers do not take these issues into account, it's sad to continue  
> to see the same regression of website access.  I would love to see a  
> way to access the downloads that does not require javascript (it can  
> require cookies or HTTP Auth).

I really can't understand what is so hard about FTP access.

Fill in a web form once, claim "yes, I'm no terrorist!", and then the
FTP servers put you into a "he's no terrorist, may download crypto 
software" group...

This is really "Internet 0.9" knowledge.

gert
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