Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 21:30:53 +0000 From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating base system ftpd? Message-ID: <YTXPR0101MB0976FA37DCF136D9269A66F7DD799@YTXPR0101MB0976.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> In-Reply-To: <eda59707-46cf-d7c1-512e-39a141cfda61@grosbein.net> References: <CAPyFy2AbP2X339zbemZ9Y8edjNKdyygnR9mH48Q78nxwDtOBAg@mail.gmail.com>, <eda59707-46cf-d7c1-512e-39a141cfda61@grosbein.net>
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Eugene Grosbein wrote: >04.04.2021 3:39, Ed Maste wrote: > >> 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'm happy to make a port for it if anyone needs it. Comments? > >I'm strongly against remove of stock ftpd. FTP is fastest protocol for both testing >and daily file transfer for trusted isolated segments, and even for WAN wrapped in IPSec. > >Our stock ftpd has very short backlog of security issues comparing with other FTP server implementations, >mostly linked with libc or other libraries and not with ftpd code itself. > >Please don't fix what ain't broken. Please. I'll +1 this. I find ftpd very handy on my local lan (for example, Windoze has an ftp client). Since it isn't enabled by default, I don't see it as a security concern. rick _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"home | help
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