Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:25:11 -0700 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon Message-ID: <YyuBN/jjDBDSkxSf@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5c162710def7eb94c032dfab73e9560e@lerctr.org> References: <202209211517.28LFHkoJ089471@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20220921163951.17C77AC@slippy.cwsent.com> <8EC34FC3-F299-4B03-AD4E-83D062D0E9F6@karels.net> <Yyt%2BEOM/Bnth88Xv@FreeBSD.org> <5c162710def7eb94c032dfab73e9560e@lerctr.org>
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 04:21:15PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: L> On 09/21/2022 4:11 pm, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: L> > Mike, L> > L> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 01:02:17PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote: L> > M> I have no problem with deprecating (or removing) telnetd in base. I L> > M> think the client should remain, though. I use it frequently, L> > although L> > M> not on the telnet port. ftp* are another issue; anonymous FTP is a L> > M> perfectly reasonable usage. I use it to download FreeBSD images L> > often. L> > L> > Is there any service where telnet to a port would be preferred over L> > nc(1)? L> L> telnet <host> <port> is basically finger memory (at least for me), and L> nc isn't L> in base (AFAIR) nc(1) is in base since early 2005. Since then I have fixed my finger memory :) -- Gleb Smirnoff
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