Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 21:30:53 +0000 From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating base system ftpd? Message-ID: <YTXPR0101MB0976FA37DCF136D9269A66F7DD799@YTXPR0101MB0976.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> In-Reply-To: <eda59707-46cf-d7c1-512e-39a141cfda61@grosbein.net> References: <CAPyFy2AbP2X339zbemZ9Y8edjNKdyygnR9mH48Q78nxwDtOBAg@mail.gmail.com>, <eda59707-46cf-d7c1-512e-39a141cfda61@grosbein.net>
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Eugene Grosbein wrote:=0A= >04.04.2021 3:39, Ed Maste wrote:=0A= >=0A= >> I propose deprecating the ftpd currently included in the base system=0A= >> before FreeBSD 14, and opened review D26447=0A= >> (https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26447) to add a notice to the man page.=0A= >> I had originally planned to try to do this before 13.0, but it dropped= =0A= >> off my list. FTP is not nearly as relevant now as it once was, and it=0A= >> had a security vulnerability that secteam had to address.=0A= >>=0A= >> I'm happy to make a port for it if anyone needs it. Comments?=0A= >=0A= >I'm strongly against remove of stock ftpd. FTP is fastest protocol for bot= h testing=0A= >and daily file transfer for trusted isolated segments, and even for WAN wr= apped in IPSec.=0A= >=0A= >Our stock ftpd has very short backlog of security issues comparing with ot= her FTP server implementations,=0A= >mostly linked with libc or other libraries and not with ftpd code itself.= =0A= >=0A= >Please don't fix what ain't broken. Please.=0A= I'll +1 this.=0A= =0A= I find ftpd very handy on my local lan (for example, Windoze has an ftp cli= ent).=0A= Since it isn't enabled by default, I don't see it as a security concern.=0A= =0A= rick=0A= =0A= _______________________________________________=0A= freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list=0A= https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable=0A= To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"= =0A= =0A=
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