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Date:      Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:15:59 GMT
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 616b1b813891 - stable/12 - Deprecate telnet daemon
Message-ID:  <202209261815.28QIFxTh050153@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/12 has been updated by brooks:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=616b1b813891d469afc82df175cf50817d03ba25

commit 616b1b813891d469afc82df175cf50817d03ba25
Author:     Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
Commit:     Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-09-26 18:14:18 +0000

    Deprecate telnet daemon
    
    The telnetd codebase is old, unmaintained, and has a number of quality
    issues.  Users wishing to provide telnetd service should find a
    maintained implementation.  The telnet client is NOT deprecated as it
    is lower risk.
    
    Reviewed by:    pauamma, kevans, kp, melifaro
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36619
    
    (cherry picked from commit 24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59fa38e076f18ba7)
---
 contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 b/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
index 6c5db4596661..07ce62936d23 100644
--- a/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
+++ b/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)telnetd.8	8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 28, 2008
+.Dd September 21, 2022
 .Dt TELNETD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ protocol server
 .Op Fl p Ar loginprog
 .Op Fl u Ar len
 .Op Fl debug Op Ar port
+.SH DEPRECATION NOTICE
+.Nm
+is deprecated and may not be available in
+.Fx 14.0
+and later.
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm



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