Re: ARCHI server for Linux ? (and FTP-Search Project)

From: Michelle Konzack (linux4michelle_at_freenet.de)
Date: 04/11/05

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    Am 2005-04-11 20:13:21, schrieb Almut Behrens:

    > Yeah (*nostalgic sigh*), there was a time when it was a matter of
    > seconds to locate the spot on this planet that had the file you were
    > looking for. You just had to know the name of it -- roughly, as
    > regexes were supported (in contrast to a general google search...).
    > I loved it. Kind of a "find / -regex pattern | ls -l", only
    > world-wide, and much faster...

    This was what I liked...

    > In particular, in addition to Archie, there was Fast FTP Search, which
    > was a real pleasure to use. IIRC, it had originally been developed
    > and run by a company in Norway (now http://fastsearch.com/).
    > Sadly though, after this service had been taken over by Lycos, it
    > started to - slowly but surely - fall apart...

    I know, <fastsearch.com> and <ftpsearch.lycos.com> are the same...
    And on the website it was written, that the searchengine was only
    a educativ product...

    > Not that whining would bring it back to life... but, just out of plain
    > curiosity, has anyone got details / stories as to why support had been
    > dropped. Or, more generally, why Google still doesn't provide any such
    > specialised FTP search facility? They should have the prerequisites...
    > Any patent (or other) issues? Or has anonymous FTP fallen into
    > oblivion altogether in the meantime, so there isn't anyone who would
    > care about it any longer?

    FTP-Search is not for public interest...
    Only for Geeks, Freaks, Developers...

    > Actually, via google I just found http://www.filesearching.com/advanced/
    > which looks remotely like the original Fast FTP Search -- but I have
    > no idea how up-to-date their database is... It does seem to work, in
    > principle, but somehow, it doesn't quite look like _the_ FTP counterpart
    > to Google ;)
    > Does anyone happen to know of any viable, well-maintained alternatives?

    Let us create one ?

    > Almut
    > (apologies for the off-topicness)
    >
    >
    > P.S. Michelle, are you planning to set up some kind of replacement for
    > ftpsearch.lycos.com? I mean, that'd be great. Definitely! :) But,
    > it sounds like a rather big project to me... At least, personally, I'd
    > feel a bit overwhelmed by the level of expertise and time required...

    Oh, i will start small, bur do not know, how get I ftp-sources...

    Should I scan the Internet for port 21 ?

    Greetings
    Michelle 

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