Update HP Prime

[Jean-Baptiste Boric]

(03-22-2018 03:55 PM)Tim Wessman Wrote:  They will not function any more.

Code:

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/Prime/HP_Prime_Connectivity_Kit_20180212.exe will function

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/Prime/HP_Prime_Connectivity_Kit_20180212.exe will not

The FTP protocol support will be turned off as it is insecure. Note the first link uses http as the protocol. [EDIT] https will also work

Wait a minute... If FTP is being turned off for being insecure, shouldn't unencrypted HTTP get the same treatment? Furthermore, if the files being served are digitally signed (I assume they are, at least for the executables), then the security of the transport layer is mostly irrelevant.

Either unencrypted HTTP will get the axe later on, or FTP is being disabled for being a royal pain and/or falling into disuse. Removing FTP just for being "insecure" while leaving unencrypted HTTP wide open suggests to me somebody either didn't think this through or just applied cargo cult security.