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The Traditional method for uploading content to a web server is File Transfer Protocol

(FTP), but using this approach has its disadvantages.

• Using FTP requires that your open additional ports on your ﬁ rewall and this

can increase the attack surface of your network and make it more susceptible

to penetration by attackers. This is obviously undesirable from the perspective

of keeping your network secure.

• FTP has no ﬁ le locking mechanism, so it’s possible for two users to

upload different versions of the same ﬁ le simultaneously causing one to be

overwritten. This can mean lost time troubleshooting why an uploaded ﬁ le

is different from what you expect.

• The FTP approach means you have to edit your content locally on the client.

In other words, to edit a page already on the web server you would have

to download it to the client, edit it there, and then upload it again to the web

server. This is a time-consuming and inefﬁ cient approach to managing content.

The solution to these problems is WebDAV, a protocol used for publishing and managing

content to web servers. WebDAV is an extension of the HTTP/1.1 protocol described in

RFCs 2518, and 3253. WebDAV overcomes the three issues described above as follows:

• WebDAV uses port 80, the same port used by HTTP for web access. So using

WebDAV means you don’t have to open any extra ports on your ﬁ rewall.

• WebDAV lets only one user modify a ﬁ le at a time, while allowing multiple users

to read it. This allows ﬁ les to be locked while they are being edited, preventing

unexpected changes from occurring.

• WebDAV lets you edit ﬁ les on the server instead of needing to download them

ﬁ rst to the client. Editing ﬁ les remotely using WebDAV is as easy as if they were

locally present, and the whole process is transparent to the content producer.

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Minolta Q-SCAN User Manual Page 73