Re: Deprecating base system ftpd?

2021-04-05 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
Don't forget that Telnet is an actual protocol, which telnet(1) implements. nc is (for the most part) just a byte-copying middleman. There's still gear out there that speaks Telnet, and expects the client to support it (primarily for things like line mode editing). --lyndon

Re: Deprecating base system ftpd?

2021-04-05 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
Ruben van Staveren via freebsd-stable writes: > It is time to deprecate ftp altogether, and any other protocols that = > embed protocol information in layer 7, thus hurting any #IPv6 migration = > and deployment technology (SIIT-DC e.g). > ftp, a protocol not using TLS protection [...] You seem