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Date:      Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:34:02 -0400
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system?
Message-ID:  <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.com>

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FTP is (becoming?) a legacy protocol, and I think it may be time to
remove the ftp server from the FreeBSD base system - with the recent
security advisory for ftpd serving as a reminder.

I've proposed adding a deprecation notice to the man page in
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26447 to start this off. There are a
number of ftp servers in ports, and if we're going to remove the base
system one we can create a port for it first, as well.

Any comments or concerns, please follow up in the code review or in email here.


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