From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Sep 17 15:06:07 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC3AB3E3072 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (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-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BsgJv5T2mz4609; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ivaldir.etoilebsd.net (etoilebsd.net [178.32.217.76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: bapt) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5A0E9264BB; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: by ivaldir.etoilebsd.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1370F49B41; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:05:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:05:33 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin To: Cy Schubert Cc: Ed Maste , FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <20200917150533.i2trx3aww46i3oek@ivaldir.net> References: <202009171404.08HE4fZj007939@slippy.cwsent.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="s54d65k6tuwjflwm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202009171404.08HE4fZj007939@slippy.cwsent.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:06:07 -0000 --s54d65k6tuwjflwm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 07:04:41AM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message 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 ema= il her > > e. >=20 > We should also deprecate the FTP client. >=20 > I've been advocating removing FTP (and HTTP) from libfetch as well. Peopl= e=20 > should be using HTTPS only. (libfetch could support a plugin that might b= e=20 > supplied by a port should someone be inclined to write one.) >=20 That that and we can throw away half of the ports tree ;) Best regards, Bapt --s54d65k6tuwjflwm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----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----- --s54d65k6tuwjflwm--