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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:23:29 -0700
From:      "Aaron C. de Bruyn" <aaron@heyaaron.com>
To:        Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Old Stuff
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Why remove telnet and FTP?

Sure--it's insecure if you're using it over the internet, but I use it on
my laptop at least a few times per year.
I have a small 8-port switch where I plug in my laptop, then plug in an APC
UPS and access it via telnet (and use FTP as well) to upgrade the firmware
from a version that only supports SSHv1 to something newer.

It's not insecure when used in that manner.

-A

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 9:58 AM Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if FreeBSD should drop support for 32bit? Clean out and remove all
> of it. It should make the code base easier to maintain, cleaner, and safer.
>
> In this same vein, let's deprecate and remove things like telnet and ftp.
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