Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:42:32 -0500 From: Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, 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: <6C27C573-601C-40F8-99C9-C964F9C2B3E2@karels.net> In-Reply-To: <5c162710def7eb94c032dfab73e9560e@lerctr.org> References: <202209211517.28LFHkoJ089471@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20220921163951.17C77AC@slippy.cwsent.com> <8EC34FC3-F299-4B03-AD4E-83D062D0E9F6@karels.net> <Yyt%2BEOM/Bnth88Xv@FreeBSD.org> <5c162710def7eb94c032dfab73e9560e@lerctr.org>
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On 21 Sep 2022, at 16:21, Larry Rosenman wrote: > On 09/21/2022 4:11 pm, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: >> Mike, >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 01:02:17PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote: >> M> I have no problem with deprecating (or removing) telnetd in base. = I >> M> think the client should remain, though. I use it frequently, altho= ugh >> M> not on the telnet port. ftp* are another issue; anonymous FTP is a= >> M> perfectly reasonable usage. I use it to download FreeBSD images of= ten. >> >> Is there any service where telnet to a port would be preferred over nc= (1)? > > telnet <host> <port> is basically finger memory (at least for me), and = nc isn't > in base (AFAIR) Ditto on the finger memory. And I tried this: mike@backup$ nc mail 25 220 mail.karels.net Service ready helo backup.karels.net 500 Command missing Carriage Return telnet also accepts a service name instead of a port number (part of the finger memory). Mike > -- = > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org > US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106
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