Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon
- In reply to: Larry Rosenman : "Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon"
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:50:20 UTC
On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 3:21 PM Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> wrote: > 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) > Deprecating telnet***d*** doesn't change that at all. telnet, the client, is still in base.. but so is nc and it has been since (git blame usr.bin/nc/Makefile.... ) 2005. Warner