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

On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 04:21:15PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
L> On 09/21/2022 4:11 pm, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
L> > Mike,
L> > 
L> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 01:02:17PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote:
L> > M> I have no problem with deprecating (or removing) telnetd in base.  I
L> > M> think the client should remain, though.  I use it frequently, 
L> > although
L> > M> not on the telnet port.  ftp* are another issue; anonymous FTP is a
L> > M> perfectly reasonable usage.  I use it to download FreeBSD images 
L> > often.
L> > 
L> > Is there any service where telnet to a port would be preferred over 
L> > nc(1)?
L> 
L> telnet <host> <port> is basically finger memory (at least for me), and 
L> nc isn't
L> in base (AFAIR)

nc(1) is in base since early 2005. Since then I have fixed my finger memory :)

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Gleb Smirnoff