Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:07:18 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 257767] Disable ftp protocol for fetch MASTER_SITES Message-ID: <bug-257767-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D257767 Bug ID: 257767 Summary: Disable ftp protocol for fetch MASTER_SITES Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Individual Port(s) Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: hackurx@gmail.com Hello everyone, The ftp protocol is no longer supported in Firefox, Chrome & Co. which makes it's not user-friendly to verify links in the ports. Finally the ftp protocol is not secure (not encrypted, which exposes it to interceptions or attacks), and does not have any good maintenance in the so= urce code. To this end, I think it would be nice to be able to no longer support the f= tp protocol in the ports or at least to add an option to dynamically convert an ftp MASTER_SITES url to http/https for fetch because most of the repositori= es used in the "MASTER_SITES" also support http and https. In fact, it is rare to have an ftp only repository. Thanks. Loic --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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