On 21 Sep 2022, at 11:39, Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, Brooks Davis
> writ
> es:
>> The branch main has been updated by brooks:
>>
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59fa38e0
>> 76f18ba7
>>
>> commit 24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59fa38e076f18ba7
>> Author: Brooks Davis <[email protected]>
>> AuthorDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
>> Commit: Brooks Davis <[email protected]>
>> CommitDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
>>
>> Deprecate telnet daemon
>>
>> The telnetd codebase is old, unmaintained, and has a number of quality
>> issues. Users wishing to provide telnetd service should find a
>> maintained implementation. The telnet client is NOT deprecated as it
>> is lower risk.
>>
>> Reviewed by: pauamma, kevans, kp, melifaro
>> MFC After: 3 days
>> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36619
>> ---
>> contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 | 7 ++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 b/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnet
>> d.8
>> index 6c5db4596661..07ce62936d23 100644
>> --- a/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
>> +++ b/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
>> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>> .\" @(#)telnetd.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
>> .\" $FreeBSD$
>> .\"
>> -.Dd August 28, 2008
>> +.Dd September 21, 2022
>> .Dt TELNETD 8
>> .Os
>> .Sh NAME
>> @@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ protocol server
>> .Op Fl p Ar loginprog
>> .Op Fl u Ar len
>> .Op Fl debug Op Ar port
>> +.SH DEPRECATION NOTICE
>> +.Nm
>> +is deprecated and may not be available in
>> +.Fx 14.0
>> +and later.
>> .Sh DESCRIPTION
>> The
>> .Nm
>>
>
> I'm not sure if here is a good place but we might want to mention that
> those who still need telnetd will find it in ports/net/freebsd-telnetd.
>
> The same repo contains the telnet client. When we're ready I can quickly
> produce a telnet client port from the same git repo. (Similarly ftp and
> ftpd.)
I have no problem with deprecating (or removing) telnetd in base. I
think the client should remain, though. I use it frequently, although
not on the telnet port. ftp* are another issue; anonymous FTP is a
perfectly reasonable usage. I use it to download FreeBSD images often.
Mike
> --
> Cheers,
> Cy Schubert <[email protected]>
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