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HTTPS and FTP Questions

Question:

This is public data that does not need to be encrypted so why is HTTPS necessary?

Could we alternatively house the data on a public ftp server and supply an FTP:// protocol url instead?

Answer:

You can not use FTP.
HTTPS does ensure that the data has not been modified in transit between client and server. We have a very strong preference for HTTPS.

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