On 05. jún 2003, 15:22, Buchan Milne wrote:

> Tibor Pittich wrote:

> > my general argument, why these packages could be replaced with non
> > kerberized versions is that these kerberized services don't have pam
> > support and this is general inconsistency in fully pam-ified distro, as
> > mandrake is.
> >
> > i nominate for non kerberized ftp client my likemftp package which is in
> > contrib. this is solid ftp client, which is default client into netbsd
> > distribution
> > i don't know, what telnet daemons is available with pam functionality,
> > but i hope that "only one" must exists :)
> 
> For ftp, proftpd (server with pam support) and ncftp (much better client
> with no kerberos support) are both in main.

it depends:) someone can tell that lftp is better ftp client, somebody
could preffer another client...

> All telnet server-side stuff should IMHO go in contrib, along with
> uw-imap (too insecure, too slow) ;-).

why? there is too many insecure applications, which must be present due
to old unsecure design.
i don't think that telnet must be removed, therefore must be removed too
many others services;)

i'm only want to say, that if we have fully pam-ified distro, follow
this and use pamified versions of _all_ daemons, espec. telnet-server..

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