Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:51:11 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <1cc396b9-a4be-9a38-8dde-deaaa3c075cc@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --0EY4jvGxUUhIi5W87Lu9gBXkup5SPSPXi Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="nUXk1Sqxd1vp4kjJDFvQPgmrT3yBMDys3"; protected-headers="v1" From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1cc396b9-a4be-9a38-8dde-deaaa3c075cc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system? References: <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.com> --nUXk1Sqxd1vp4kjJDFvQPgmrT3yBMDys3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2020-09-16 13:34, Ed Maste wrote: > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Any comments or concerns, please follow up in the code review or in ema= il here. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 Is the version we have in base unique? That is to say, does it need to be preserved somehow. I know it is based on on the original 4.2BSD ftpd, but did we pull in code from anywhere else at some point? Or maybe a better question is: Which ftpd is the most similar, and would allow people to migrate most easily (tnftpd from netbsd?) --=20 Allan Jude --nUXk1Sqxd1vp4kjJDFvQPgmrT3yBMDys3-- --0EY4jvGxUUhIi5W87Lu9gBXkup5SPSPXi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJfYnq/AAoJEBmVNT4SmAt+W18QAIIMleL8sVIbphHzFzLuuXx1 SoQOWjesI/2Zq4JnQRbI/7Uu75+9En0wdYts6qsvMoTjd641xB9BwacP1ApafqVC TTpMx6Inlv+aQC5rw4v0J6yyrO3UWI4HOQFbjiSpPZpBHLUSpeyvV2kJ8r1BAuWn 4Qp5Bn8qhZXkU07uWM1JGZ94JSwxG1ZasQZZRROa0zwjKzOonGOvXJxCGkmUGRt3 BC2Ql6PwhptPnnRlA0Ck2cxLsgJJ/3uLwAC5gGgaLgHJx2vWTTLk7PLmSNan/C81 4BEyBCXRxKww7VtwvAzBhaxCW3tqRabemTZqGxo2t1J7k7mzxfDxyk4qP+KixoF/ SqhphDbxOuKpyxEpBocZCnHo4yaJb1E39Lb6Q4oxx6gsoCw4y2dqW/RdIkSPbjkG CCZrQzggzbl9Z8mVxqMCTb8gDwHlutpMd4vJB+iVDl6ZgSqvQWMO6D/Cq617VTdt NKbat92aKxKMYJ22OKQij25SkxN/1jJ4t1O1LGflxm0qG19tt4GTWhvTlhnP6fFZ f2rd1juaaqApNLOOILKFcqKU6ZmamKPMIkYqPqWjALZtr55vvaFhEjP+reVUDzdm QlvwmSrgo9/jhr8NYcvvw0NjJaexGXp3heuiDTkbRutd+NI/IGrTP28d3kORCHtg UFgfaV5Rtiwa/zws9KFj =Nu+Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0EY4jvGxUUhIi5W87Lu9gBXkup5SPSPXi--
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