Connie Sieh wrote:

}> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:29:26 -0500 (CDT)
}> From: Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
}> Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: lftp for SL 5
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}> To: scientific <[log in to unmask]>
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}> Synopsis:          Moderate: lftp security update
}> Issue date:        2010-08-02
}> CVE Names:         CVE-2010-2251
}>
}> LFTP is a sophisticated file transfer program for the FTP and HTTP
}> protocols. Like Bash, it has job control and uses the Readline library for
}> input. It has bookmarks, built-in mirroring, and can transfer several files
}> in parallel. It is designed with reliability in mind.


i am all for reliability, but i must question;

  "can transfer several files in parallel."

is this not a misnomer?


normal internet connections are serial in nature, how can they
claim parallel?

or, is 'parallel' meaning using several different serial internet
connections at same time?


thank you.

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peace out.

tc,hago.

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