Why was HTTPS chosen over other protocols like SSL-FTP or FTP over SSH?
When Sun did its initial review of the options available there were two primary reasons why the HTTPS direction was selected: • The long term goal is to EOL FTP as a transport mechanism. Until FTP is EOL’d, FTP and HTTPS will coexist and customers will have the option of choosing the method they prefer. • SSL-FTP is not yet an accepted standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force (ietf.org) as it is still a draft specification. • Providing FTP over SSH requires providing user accounts for the upload which pose an unacceptable security risk.
