Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:32:58 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating base system ftpd? Message-ID: <202104150132.13F1Ww9w003426@slippy.cwsent.com>
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Cy Schubert writes: > In message <CAPyFy2AbP2X339zbemZ9Y8edjNKdyygnR9mH48Q78nxwDtOBAg@mail.gmail.c > om> > , Ed Maste writes: > > I propose deprecating the ftpd currently included in the base system > > before FreeBSD 14, and opened review D26447 > > (https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26447) to add a notice to the man page. > > I had originally planned to try to do this before 13.0, but it dropped > > off my list. FTP is not nearly as relevant now as it once was, and it > > had a security vulnerability that secteam had to address. > > I think this is an excellent start. My shopping list includes: > > - remove ftp(1) > - remove ftpd(8) > - remove telnet(1) > - remove telnetd(8) > - remove ftp:// and http:// from libfetch. This is 2021 and we should all > use https://. > - replace DNS lookups with DoH and/or DoT. Why let your ISP see your DNS > traffic? > > > > > I'm happy to make a port for it if anyone needs it. Comments? > > I've started working on splitting ftp and ftpd into an external git repo. > The problem I've encountered is that though only ftp and ftpd are left the > resultant repo is still 1.2 GB. If my last attempt fails, there is a choice > between a 1.2 GB repo and burning ftp forever then the choice is clear: > burn it forever. The best I can do to separate libexec/ftpd out into its own repo is 596 MB (ZFS lz4 compressed). The worst was 1.5 GB. I suppose 596 MB will do. If we want to make it smaller then history will need to take a back seat. We can do a port with it now. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org NTP: <cy@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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