![]() Windows and Macintosh have native WebDAV support Linux support requires either the davfs kernel module, the standalone Cadaver client, or Konqueror, the amazing KDE browser that supports boatloads of protocols. It’s a nice cross-platform file sharing tool, an alternative to FTP and Samba that is simpler to use on the client side. Of course WebDAV has been adapted for more than just authoring Web sites. ![]() ![]() And a nice side benefit is gliding through firewalls with ease. Because the DAV protocol is an extension to HTTP, it can take advantage of existing features like SSL for encryption and certificate-based authentication, and HTTP basic authentication. Or, in plainer terms, it makes Web publishing almost as easy as Web surfing. The latest hot protocol for all you cutting-edge admins is WebDAV, or “Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning.” WebDAV converts HTTP/HTTPS from a read-only protocol into a read/write protocol.
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