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NcFTPd

NcFTPd is the FTP server written by NcFTP Software Inc. Unlike the client application from the same company, NcFTP, NcFTPd is distributed under a proprietary license. Having been released in 1991 with continuing releases through 2012, it is one of the most venerable server software in use on the Internet.

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Article summary

NcFTPd is the FTP server written by NcFTP Software Inc. Unlike the client application from the same company, NcFTP, NcFTPd is distributed under a proprietary license. Having been released in 1991 with continuing releases through 2012, it is one of the most venerable server software in use on the Internet.

Key claims

  1. release date: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1991". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1282241589

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.