[OT] file transfer over http?

From: Benjamin J. Weiss (benjamin_at_weiss.name)
Date: 01/29/04

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:33:19 -0600

    Okay, this is off topic, but I haven't found it on the internet (or if I
    did, it wasn't the answer I was looking for, LOL)

    If I put a file on my apache web server and then put a link to that file on
    a web page, then somebody clicks on the link and downloads the file, is it
    over ftp or http? I could have sworn it's over http, but can't find the rfc
    that defines file transfer over http. I've looked at rfc 1945 and 2068, but
    I can't see where they talk about file transfers (though they are LONG
    documents and I might have missed it).

    Anybody know which it is, and have a reference to back it up?

    Thanks!

    Ben 

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