Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 08:55:09 -0800 From: Jose Quinteiro <freebsd@quinteiro.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg Message-ID: <db6afa38-bb98-ddc3-9b68-be4ca1fe9342@quinteiro.org> In-Reply-To: <Ye2Gs3nIUCgn7Yb9@ceres.zyxst.net> References: <20220120142519.a5juoe75oppmnyby@aniel.nours.eu> <Yex3RV8zqHqgizCk@ceres.zyxst.net> <CAKBkRUyufyy-tvE2MKPZJ_yyhxet-K3S%2BDJzYqZdBmTS-xqrQg@mail.gmail.com> <Ye2Gs3nIUCgn7Yb9@ceres.zyxst.net>
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On 1/23/22 08:47, tech-lists wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 05:32:26PM +0800, Li-Wen Hsu wrote: >> >> If this is due to security considerations, I don't think a place >> disallowing ssh and https would allow plain ftp. > > Some places either might not have or might not allow egress. > Some networks are closed at install time. An ftp server on a LAN is > quick and easy and is in base. > >> If it is because they don't like encrypted connections, I suggest >> using plain http in this case. > > Some places proxy port 80/443 and there may be no way for the end > user to get around that. They might not proxy ftp outbound. You can run HTTP on a non-standard port. For example, 8080 is commonly used. As an added bonus, this means that the HTTP server need not run as root. Thanks, Jose.
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