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Unable to download from download.com

 
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Hi all.
I am trying to download some programs from download.com , but I am unable to download anything.
the website is using ftp and it is prompting me to enter a username and a password !! which ofcourse I don't what to do !!
this is the first time I'm encountering this situation.
(Oreilly.com is doing the same thing)
any ideas ??
 
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Some FTP sites need you to login, for which you'd have to get a username/password from someplace. This should be only for some FTP sites, though.

If you're seeing this for every site (which would indeed be very odd) then maybe you could tell us some particulars about your setup (OS, browser, etc) and we could help you troubleshoot.
 
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trying to download AdAwre from download.com , I got an authentication process, trying to downloding other stuffes, every thing is ok.
visiting oreilly.com in order to see the larger images for some books, I got and authentication process (the url is something like :
ftp://ftp. ..... )
any idea ??
 
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Great and now developerWorks is using FTP , example :
ftp://www6.software.ibm.com/software/developer/library/j-tabmod/j2x.zip
I have a problem with authentication.
IBM said that if someone has a problem with FTP, he can use HTTP.
I tried to use HTTP insteadd of FTP like
http://www6.software.ibm.com/software/developer/library/j-tabmod/j2x.zip
but it doesn't work.
please try this :
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/whichmethod.html
and tell me how to use HTTP...
thanks
 
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Is this at work? Maybe you're behind a firewall and you don't have the necessary credentials to FTP through it. Why not talk to your sysadmins?
 
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