This article is from the Sex Movies FAQ, by director@gti.net (The Director) with numerous contributions by others.
To understand FTP is to understand networking. In a nutshell, FTP
allows a number of people (sometimes unlimited) to log in to a machine
and download files from it.
Downloading files is one of the most intensive operations a server can
perform due to the incredible amount of disk reads necessary to
accomplish a task.
So, no one really wants their server to become molasses while the world
is downloading things from their site. NASA experienced such a thing,
when the 'Net went mad looking for Shoemaker-Levy comet photos.
 
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