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OS101 Module 2 Lesson 3: FTP and SFTP are no longer supported by NASA IT
Module 2 Lesson 3 lists FTP and SFTP as "current enabling tech". NASA IT has blocked FTP and SFTP ports over 10 years ago and we can't use these protocols anymore. I suggest they should not be listed as enabling technologies here.
https://github.com/nasa/Transform-to-Open-Science/tree/open-science-101/Module_2/Lesson_3
Thank you, we will review your changes within the next week or two as we finalize details for citing the curriculum.
@katblanchette maybe you have flagged this one for further review. But my first instinct if it helps is, yes I think that is true for NASA. But since this course is available to everyone, my experience with FTP and SFTP is they are still pretty widely used, at least with LAMP stack builds. Maybe we can disposition this though to see what others think.
@mstudinger - Thank you for the observation and we appreciate your feedback! We brought this issue to our OS101 Curriculum Working Group and decided to keep the information in the content, and to add a sentence addressing security concerns. @bressler95tops = Please add the following sentence after "Note that Microsoft Exchange Server and Skype are examples of proprietary protocols." New sentence "As always, it is necessary to balance accessibility with security concerns, which may impact the chosen protocol."
Thank you @katblanchette I have addressed the issue in M2L3. For your reference (and for the MOOC developers) you may look at PR #800 to see the exact change. The exact text change is under the files changed tab of the referenced Pull Request. Let me know when you are able to get that updated on the MOOC.