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Extensions to FTP (ftpext)
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| Personnel | |
| Chair: |
Paul Hethmon <phethmon@hethmon.com> |
| Area Director: | ? |
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| Address: | ftpext@ietf.org |
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| Archive: | http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ftpext/ |
1. Recommend changes to the FTP protocol to support users of
languages other than English.
2. Define a new command for a uniform directory listing between
platforms. This command will provide an alternative to the existing
LIST and NLST commands which has a common format between all FTP
implementations and which also provides the ability to represent
non-ASCII filenames.
3. Make recommendations for standards-track protocol extensions to
support IPv6 in FTP. The group will evaluate RFC 1639 and recommend,
revise, or redo as appropriate.
4. Define a mechanism for ftp clients and servers to transmit
information regarding extensions supported and not supported.
5. Propose extensions, and/or review proposals submitted by others,
to improve the security of FTP.
6. Define a standardized method of checkpoint/restart which works
for the stream transfer mode.
7. Define a means of file transfer between a client and server
(as opposed to a client mediating a transfer between two servers)
which does not require the IP addresses of the endpoints to
be transmitted in the FTP protocol.
8. Produce an informational document describing the SIZE and MDTM
commands as currently used.
The following issues are specifically omitted from the working group's
charter, but may be added by the Area Directors if time permits,
once the above goals have been acheived.
1. Compression of files for transmission.
2. Internationalization of charset conversion for transmission.
| Nov 1996 | Issue an Internet-Draft for an extension mechanism. |
| Nov 1996 | Issue an Internet-Draft for a standard listing command. |
| Feb 1997 | Issue a second Internet-Draft for an extension mechanism. |
| Feb 1997 | Issue a second Internet-Draft for a standard listing command. |
| Mar 1997 | Submit the listing and extension mechanism Internet-Drafts to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standards. |
| Done | Issue an Internet-Draft for IPv6 support, and to remove the necessity of transmitting IP addresses in the FTP protocol for transfers between a client and server. |
| Done | Issue a second Internet-Draft for IPv6 support and to remove the necessity of transmitting IP addresses. |
| Apr 1997 | Issue a second Internet-Draft for checkpoint/restart. |
| May 1997 | Submit the IPv6/IP and checkpoint/restart Internet-Drafts to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standards. |
| Jun 1997 | Submit 'FEAT' I-D as a proposed standard. Title: 'Feature negotiation mechanism for the File Transfer Protocol' |
| Jun 1997 | Submit draft-allman-ftp-sec-consider as Informational RFC. |
| Jun 1997 | Issue revised 'EPRT/EPSV' I-D. |
| Jun 1997 | Issue revised I-D for MLST/MLSD/REST. Title: 'Extended Directory Listing and Restart Mechanism for FTP' |
| Jun 1997 | Issue revised 'EPRT/EPSV' I-D. Title: 'FTP Extensions for IPv6, Address Translation, and Mobile IP.' |
| Done | Issue an Internet-Draft covering internationalization issues. |
| Done | Issue an Internet-Draft for checkpoint/restart. |
| Done | Issue a second Internet Draft for i18n. |
| Done | Issue updated I-D for i18n. |
| Done | Issue a second Internet-Draft for MLST and FEAT. |
| Done | Issue an I-D for ipv6 support. |
| Done | Issue a third Internet Draft for MLST and FEAT. |
| Done | Issue an Internet-Draft for MLST and FEAT. |
| Jul 1997 | submit EPRT/EPSV as a proposed standard |
| Jul 1997 | submit MLST/REST as proposed standard |
| Jul 1997 | submit revised I18N I-D |
| Aug 1997 | submit I18N I-D as a proposed standard |
| Oct 1997 | Issue WG Last Call for:Security Considerations, Variable Protocol Specification, Internationalization Issues |
| Nov 1997 | Submit Security Considerations, Variable Protocol Specification, Internationalization Issues to IESG for consideration as RFCs |
| Nov 1997 | Issue WG Last Call for:Feature Negotiation & Extended Directory Listing |
| Dec 1997 | Submit Feature Negotiation & Extended Directory Listing to IESG for consideration as RFCs. |