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Good answer, though I would put some emphasis on avoiding re-inventing the wheel and especially creating your own format where at all possible.

Deduplicator
– Deduplicator

2015-09-18 16:50:08 +00:00
Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 16:50
Thank you for the response! I believe I get it. So FTP is just a different type of protocol just as TCP and UDP are different protocols? So even though I am making something for basic "file transfer" that doesn't actually mean I am using or need to use the "File Transfer Protocol", correct?

Shawn
– Shawn

2015-09-18 16:56:54 +00:00
Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 16:56
@Shawn kinda: there's a layering of protocols called the OSI model: FTP is part of the application layer and it's built on top of TCP which is part of the transport layer. When you use FTP, you're using TCP as well. But you otherwise have it!

Evan
– Evan

2015-09-18 17:07:27 +00:00
Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 17:07

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