> I've made changes in my sandbox to remove the r* tools. It will be in > my next commit. > > The telnet program is very useful for testing/debugging, For example, > the telnet program can be used to connect to a http or smtp server to > see the protocol transfer. > > I know of no problems with the ftp client we install and it is useful > for a raw lfs system to get additional packages, even though there are > better ways to do that.
It seems everybody's made a presumption that network programs will be used on the internet. I'd like to point out that telnet is very useful on a secure in-house LAN. If one is "staying home" why pay the overhead of ssh encryption? I install telnet and ftp client, but none of the r* programs. -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - The professional email service -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
