If you need a quick and easy setup, lighttpd will let you serve an HTTP directory listing within 10 minutes. And probably more safely than FTP. With an additional 10 minutes, you can setup certbot to handle certificate rotation.
But backup on Firefox??? I usually use ftp with my NAS but never on Firefox.
I’m thinking about some Linux distribution images that are still served over ftp and are usually downloaded from a web browser, but there are alternatives over http even torrent.
Seriously, haven’t used FTP in years.
Is there any use case for it now that could not be handled via HTTP(S) or WebDAV?
It is much more lightweight and easier and quicker to set-up.
If you need a quick and easy setup, lighttpd will let you serve an HTTP directory listing within 10 minutes. And probably more safely than FTP. With an additional 10 minutes, you can setup certbot to handle certificate rotation.
I used it in the past to quickly grab the Adobe Flash player and Adobe Acrobat Reader installers.
It is very used in local companies here in the Canary Islands (medium and big ones included) for things as important as backups.
But backup on Firefox??? I usually use ftp with my NAS but never on Firefox.
I’m thinking about some Linux distribution images that are still served over ftp and are usually downloaded from a web browser, but there are alternatives over http even torrent.
No, I thought on general FTP use not the support in Firefox itself.
In web browsers, some companies provide repositories to download specific custom software from windows there and people use the web browser.
The same to check the content of backups after being made by the external process and download content.