Re: SFTP extensions draft should be submitted as working group item

[pgut001%cs.auckland.ac.nz@localhost (Peter Gutmann)]

denis bider <ietf-ssh%denisbider.com@localhost> writes:

>That is precisely it, SFTP is NOT a file transfer protocol, it is a remote
>filesystem protocol, and the SFTP acronym is just a totally misleading name.

Hmm, I'm sure there are many who would want to dispute that :-).  When asked
to describe it, I've always referred to it as "An RPC mechanism for the Posix
filesystem API".  However virtually everyone I've ever talked to about it has
seen it as "FTP with extras".  So I think the SFTP name is accurate, it's all
the additional cruft that's missing the point.

Peter.