What is the maximum file size I can transfer using HTTP? And using FTP?

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Added: I am conducting a study for a new system we\'re going to develop in my work. It consists in authenticating users, displaying what files they want to

Answer 1

And one important question - are you going to upload or download?

I could say that downloading has significantly less limitations that uploading. I don't know why. Maybe because main purpose of HTTP and FTP is sending data, not receiving.

That's why HTTP/FTP servers could break upload session more frequently rather then downloading session.