From nobody Sun Jan 23 16:55:09 2022 X-Original-To: ports@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCCEB19707A7 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:55:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@quinteiro.org) Received: from mx2.quinteiro.org (mx2.quinteiro.org [71.19.154.200]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4JhfPM5vrMz3NJk for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:55:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@quinteiro.org) Received: from www.quinteiro.org (www.quinteiro.org [204.109.56.22]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.quinteiro.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5EA9721D9A6 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:55:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@quinteiro.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=quinteiro.org; s=default; t=1642956912; bh=FoZYcXLvhqK85wQ1t3UrBlCEgMSM59SN01o025DCVc4=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=JvTFDvNY5iGM55zjDz3USsnfqcCi3acfd3Cgfrg/wld0T532btgtbt1B0Q2xuC3RY jBj1sHtMQrX5qGwLbjC0fCa/o6pFdgmXdh63SSmuiaV8s4QNUf5ZGmJs2hjSQTMR+I fLM3M1CgdVykN2MOrpUFD5ZhX2VB8h1GMxpKiv+k= Received: from [172.16.1.157] (unknown [198.27.183.84]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by www.quinteiro.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B60B12E82A for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:55:10 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 08:55:09 -0800 List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.1 Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg Content-Language: en-US To: ports@freebsd.org References: <20220120142519.a5juoe75oppmnyby@aniel.nours.eu> From: Jose Quinteiro In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4JhfPM5vrMz3NJk X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=quinteiro.org header.s=default header.b=JvTFDvNY; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@quinteiro.org designates 71.19.154.200 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@quinteiro.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.46 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[quinteiro.org:s=default]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.96)[-0.963]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[ports@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[quinteiro.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(1.00)[1.000]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[quinteiro.org:+]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[ports]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:47066, ipnet:71.19.154.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N 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.