Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:15:54 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 257767] Mk/bsd.sites.mk: Disable ftp protocol for fetch MASTER_SITES Message-ID: <bug-257767-7788-mSHlAAArtc@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-257767-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-257767-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D257767 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |danfe@FreeBSD.org --- Comment #5 from Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> --- (In reply to Loic from comment #0) > The FTP protocol is no longer supported in Firefox, Chrome & Co. which ma= kes > it not user-friendly to verify links in the ports. One does not verify distfiles' links with the browser, there are more suita= ble tools for that purpose, from fetch(1) or wget(1) to `ports-mgmt/distilator'. > Finally, the FTP protocol is not secure (not encrypted, which exposes it = to > interceptions or attacks) It does not have to be secure for the purpose of distributing distfiles, th= eir authenticity is ensured by SHA256 hashes which are checked on the receiving end. > and does not have any good maintenance in the source code. This is simply not true, there are plenty of FTP servers which are actively maintained as of today. FTP is old and cumbersome, but still has its users, see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D256840#c4 for example. > To this end, I think it would be nice to be able to no longer support the= FTP > protocol in the ports How exactly removing a feature, even not very popular one, is *nice* to the users of the Ports Collection? --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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