Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:34:02 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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FTP is (becoming?) a legacy protocol, and I think it may be time to remove the ftp server from the FreeBSD base system - with the recent security advisory for ftpd serving as a reminder. I've proposed adding a deprecation notice to the man page in https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26447 to start this off. There are a number of ftp servers in ports, and if we're going to remove the base system one we can create a port for it first, as well. Any comments or concerns, please follow up in the code review or in email here.
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