Oct. 24, 2017
8:38 p.m.
On 10/24/2017 12:38 PM, Kim Davies wrote:
Please try again now, it should be resolved. Thanks for fixing that.
I no longer recommend FTP to get tzdb. FTP has trouble with firewalls, does not support caching or accelerators, has an aging software base, and has real problems with man-in-the-middle attacks. Although we don't have immediate plans to remove the FTP servers, anybody who's currently using them should put "switch to HTTPS for tzdb access" on their to-do list, as I expect the FTP servers will be on their way out sooner or later. For more about FTP and its problems, please see: Springall D, Durumeric Z, Halderman JA. FTP: the forgotten cloud. 46th DSN. 2016;503-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DSN.2016.52