The FTP protocol for file downloads has been losing popularity over the years in favor of HTTP/S. There are many advantages of HTTP/S including speed, statelessness, security (HTTPS), and better support. Importantly during the past 2-3 years the main web browsers (Chrome and Firefox) have dropped support for the FTP protocol, which has effectively discontinued the FTP protocol for non-technical users.
Given that the majority of file download activity on the internet has moved to HTTP/S, wwPDB plans to deprecate FTP download protocol on November 1st 2024 (.
Support for the RSYNC protocol, which offers additional functionality, will continue to be maintained.
, wwPDB supports protocol-specific DNS names:
- for HTTP/S
- rsync://rsync.wwpdb.org for RSYNC
- ftp.wwpdb.org for FTP; will be deprecated on November 1, 2024. Note this DNS name does not accept HTTP/S traffic.
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
