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
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 [...]
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