Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon

From: Larry Rosenman <ler_at_lerctr.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:21:15 UTC 
On 09/21/2022 4:11 pm, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 01:02:17PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote:
> M> I have no problem with deprecating (or removing) telnetd in base.  I
> M> think the client should remain, though.  I use it frequently, 
> although
> M> not on the telnet port.  ftp* are another issue; anonymous FTP is a
> M> perfectly reasonable usage.  I use it to download FreeBSD images 
> often.
> 
> Is there any service where telnet to a port would be preferred over 
> nc(1)?

telnet <host> <port> is basically finger memory (at least for me), and 
nc isn't
in base (AFAIR)
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