The first FTP server I ever connected to (ftp.funet.fi) is still going strong. The README is a fun read, especially the history part. Here are some of the early entries:
1988
First of December Finland gets it’s first internet link of 56Kbit/s via the NORDUnet co-operation and major part of the traffic was from FTP
1989
Funet saw the need for a FTP-server that would allow better access to the internet content (web was still a dream) from Finland. Decision to set up NIC.FUNET.FI was made and Request for Proposals sent out
1990
First NIC.FUNET.FI, a SUN 4/330, with dual 40Mhz SPARC processors, 128MB RAM and 6GB of usable disk space which made it then among the largest FTP servers in the Internet.
Our international internet connectivity for whole Funet was 64Kbit/s so mea develops an ftpd with speed limits
More hardware details are available in /pub/files/Historical/staff-docs/historical/First-NIC-Hardware.txt
1991
Linus Torvalds offered a small OS for public distribution which our volunteer Ari Lemmke decided to call Linux and the name stuck… International connection was upgraded to 128Kbit/s
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#funet #history #computinghistory
Good to remember:
“When you are transferring large amounts over long distance links, do limit yourself to off hours. When working between the USA and Finland, try it after 4 PM OUR time ( 10 AM Eastern USA time.) And remember that we wake up 10 hours before California. We are at time zone `UTC +2h’ and in summer ‘UTC +3h’”
@[email protected] Just saying, #copyparty has a nice ftp server, complete with self-signed TLS cert, which a client like Filezilla will accept. FTP days are not over, I say. I actually use it sometimes myself. Good over flakier, longhaul connections.
@[email protected] Had a lot of fun browsing ftp.funet.fi in 1993 when I started university. By that time the international speeds were a bit higher too.
@[email protected] I have downloaded so much from it in the 90s. Thank you!
