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Date:      Sun, 23 Jan 2022 22:40:03 -0800
From:      Jose Quinteiro <freebsd@quinteiro.org>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg
Message-ID:  <57ef0dec-bf31-9782-f675-8740816c05b6@quinteiro.org>
In-Reply-To: <202201232112.20NLCfhS018923@nuc.oldach.net>
References:  <202201232112.20NLCfhS018923@nuc.oldach.net>

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On 1/23/22 13:12, Helge Oldach wrote:
> Stefan Esser wrote on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:08:30 +0100 (CET):
>> Am 23.01.22 um 18:12 schrieb Jose Quinteiro:
>>> On 1/23/22 09:06, tech-lists wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 08:55:09AM -0800, Jose Quinteiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You can run HTTP on a non-standard port. For example, 8080 is commonly
>>>>> used. As an added bonus, this means that the HTTP server need not run as
>>>>> root.
>>>>
>>>> Unless I'm mistaken, there is no web server in base. There is though, an
>>>> ftp server.
>>>
>>> Touche. I wouldn't mind having Thttpd in base.
>>> https://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/
>>
>> An interesting idea, we have it as a port in www/thttpd.
> 
> Does thttpd support SSL in the meantime? I suspect that is an option people would ask for instantly.
> 
It does not. This is by design. It is really meant to be as small and
simple as possible. Not unlike the Varnish no-ssl design decision.

Thanks,
Jose



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