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Date:      Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:02:48 +0000
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon
Message-ID:  <20220921170248.GA6935@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
In-Reply-To: <202209211517.28LFHkoJ089471@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202209211517.28LFHkoJ089471@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 03:17:46PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by brooks:
>=20
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59=
fa38e076f18ba7
>=20
> commit 24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59fa38e076f18ba7
> Author:     Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
> Commit:     Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
>=20
>     Deprecate telnet daemon
>    =20
>     The telnetd codebase is old, unmaintained, and has a number of quality
>     issues.  Users wishing to provide telnetd service should find a
>     maintained implementation.  The telnet client is NOT deprecated as it
>     is lower risk.
>    =20
>     Reviewed by:    pauamma, kevans, kp, melifaro
>     MFC After:      3 days
>     Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36619

A bit more context. The telnetd daemon has been unmaintaned other than fixes
like -fno-common for years. A 30 year old, two-byte DoS was recently disclo=
sed

https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2022-08-24-2-byte-dos-freebsd-netbsd-telne=
td-netkit-telnetd-inetutils-telnetd-kerberos-telnetd.html

It's time and past to stop shipping this complex and obsolete software.
I plan to follow up with the removal by the end of the month.

-- Brooks

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