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

[Damien Miller <djm%mindrot.org@localhost>]

Peter Gutmann wrote:
> 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". 

The later drafts present an ad-hoc selection of features and semantics
from the filesystem APIs of _several_ operating systems assembled
without the architectual coherence of NFSv4.

> So I think the SFTP name is accurate, it's all
> the additional cruft that's missing the point.

Agree 100%.

-d