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Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:29:18 +0200
From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/massh Makefile distinfo pkg-descr
 pkg-plist
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 10:48:11 +0100 (BST), Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Sep 2011, Eitan Adler wrote:
>> eadler      2011-09-04 19:31:46 UTC
>>
>>   FreeBSD ports repository
>>
>>   Added files:
>>     security/massh       Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
>>   Log:
>>   Massh makes it possible to perform the following on hundreds, or 
>> even
>>   thousands of hosts in a parallelized fashion:
>>
>>       * Run Remote Commands
>>       * Push and Execute Pre-Written Scripts
>>       * Push Files
>>       * Pull Files
>
> Would this port not be better in sysutils?  It doesn't seem to have
> anything directly to do with security.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gavin

But it's SECURE Shell! ;-)
I'd also put it into sysutils or net, you can't secure your system by
using parallel ssh sessions IHMO.