Juergen Marenda writes:
> Thus spoke Greg Earle:
>> You folks are talking about something that already exists.  It's called "DP"
>> and I've used it 24x7 for eons, and you can find out all about it via
>> 
>>       ftp://phoenix.ACN.Purdue.EDU/pub/dp/*
> 
> ftp> open phoenix.ACN.Purdue.EDU
> Connected to phoenix.acn.purdue.edu.
> 220 oldns.acn.purdue.edu FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready.
> Name (phoenix.ACN.Purdue.EDU:marenda): ftp
> 530 User ftp unknown.
> Login failed.
> ftp> user anonymous
> 530 User anonymous unknown.

Sorry, looks like they're going through some DNS reconfiguration:

jane:2:24 % telnet phoenix.acn.purdue.edu.
Trying 128.46.157.167 ...
Connected to phoenix.acn.purdue.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.


SunOS UNIX (oldns.acn.purdue.edu)

login: 

jane:2:25 % telnet acn.purdue.edu.
Trying 204.52.32.1 ...
Connected to acn.purdue.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.


UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0 (phoenix.acn.purdue.edu)

login: 

jane:2:26 % ftp acn.purdue.edu.
Connected to acn.purdue.edu.
220 phoenix.acn.purdue.edu FTP server (UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0) ready.
Name (acn.purdue.edu.:earle): ftp
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.

So use:

	ftp://ACN.Purdue.EDU/pub/dp/*

instead.

	- Greg