Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:05:33 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <20200917150533.i2trx3aww46i3oek@ivaldir.net> In-Reply-To: <202009171404.08HE4fZj007939@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.com> <202009171404.08HE4fZj007939@slippy.cwsent.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 07:04:41AM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.c > om> > , Ed Maste writes: > > 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 her > > e. > > We should also deprecate the FTP client. > > I've been advocating removing FTP (and HTTP) from libfetch as well. People > should be using HTTPS only. (libfetch could support a plugin that might be > supplied by a port should someone be inclined to write one.) > That that and we can throw away half of the ports tree ;) Best regards, Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEgOTj3suS2urGXVU3Y4mL3PG3PloFAl9jezgACgkQY4mL3PG3 PloXCA//c2e7qIJGLBMvFjOFs5KwLpHA59F2NmRYnFllzfk/DFc7chWijY2J2+LH JD9ADvDrt7vjwcQSeNGDiVPoPPjpUYUq5LEN7VhIKjsujfeylxmJHagmMPPwGG7H TTHrG87P3NgxJ7O2PnXy27GhtdQO73AOVRsb+O2EwmjlHWI6p1L0RwEh5vNiVNq3 xA9Vk6DcSMg0pNoqTGXkzCy7ZwUi52LIDrWOTh90r1C0v1pEwBNSzhlt2+zGHJ/A zno3Bs1lSY/Nf+4PLXE+Ussb0vrjU/gbccZrOOTijaYuam3Lfvc5bMdJSi7NEEdy Qzo1SK+aIeecqnDmStPqXHTJM3TnVStIm9r6cSW4H2bntt9kVZRbf29ileHS3Zy+ WgBhvGp4bReADkfQWL6TTTTOAbO4LlFXnUPKcA3UnKKqwm73JAes67Q/AGSNBgK9 bviTdzpg4p36aUljzi7JV12CqO0uWYibEBJpdM/on2QENesqXsk5TdYntENRLBwc PKYNzAv+JyifP8xzzwBE/HA5VCYaPvSfegQmfHbF/Bs54k6CqNtToixVxMeTHsxR ZxmxeV3meqN3OPTbLF4bJ5liJwQzgB+OK1PvTsOCfgN1kYxhJ9UEOsG6r0MoVZcJ NVh61pvNk6NZqO/ZLnO7Olgdk/h6H1JqBw8Iu75CfZCsKswJWDc= =q+fB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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