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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>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security/massh Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <58cd95c06dc04664fb679ee269e554df@mail.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1109051046210.24572@ury.york.ac.uk>
References:  <201109041931.p84JVk3B000156@repoman.freebsd.org> <alpine.LNX.2.00.1109051046210.24572@ury.york.ac.uk>

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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.




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