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Date:      Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:36:55 -0400
From:      Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system?
Message-ID:  <451538DE-9427-4584-987B-8E4AA26C2981@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAH7qZfu6UjA_Vaebsv4D6SDqzEGCKyUPFV2qoqo7ks95328tAw@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Sep 17, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Re: removing HTTP client please no!!! The current drive to "outlaw" HTTP
> coming from companies who see all world via web browser. Totally ignoring
> the fact that HTTP != HTTPS in particular in cases where reliability and
> lower complexity of the system takes precedence over on-the-wire protocol
> security. For example, many internal APIs of AWS EC2 are HTTP.

Agree.  And remember the mantra: tools, not policy.

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DE
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