Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon
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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) -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106