We have supported https:// protocol for some time and in 1.4.3
added ftp:// protocol. The transfer were still reported to be
over http.
[jc: Tuncer used substring parameter substitution ${remote%%:*}
but I am deferring it to a later day. We should replace
colon-expr with substring substitution after everybody's shell
can grok it someday, but we are not in a hurry. ]