Hi Heather,

Heather Donahue wrote:

> At 11:34 AM -0800 on 11/9/00, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
>
> >  > What's a "Peer-To-Peer" file transfer?
> >
> >My understanding is that P2P File Transfer is:
> >
> >sending files to other users, directly, person-to-person, w/o using a central
> >server, and using both static and dynamic IP addresses. It works at
> >the sender's convenience, queueing files for transmission to other
> >users, holding them in a queue until they are successfully sent.
> >Should be especially useful if you regularly exchange files with
> >others.
>
> I could imagine using the URLAccessLib to do that kind of thing.
>
> It supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and file:/// URLs
>
> Only the FTP uploads and downloads, the others only download.
>
> I don't know how it handles HTTPS but secure file downloading this
> way would be really cool.  I think you have to handle the secure
> stuff yourself.
>
> Heather
>
> P.S. I'm reading up on URL Access Manager and it's also scriptable.

Is there anything you are not reading up on?  <grin/smile>  Isn't it great to be
so young?  I know you other old codgers are thinking the same thing!

Joe Wilkins