Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 12:32 PM Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 5:30 AM tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 03:25:19PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > >Hello everyone,
> > >
> > >We plan to remove the support for fetching packages over ftp for the
> next
> > >releases of pkg (probably 1.18) if you have a strong reason to use ftp
> which
> > >cannot be fixed by switching to any other supported protocols like ssh
> or http,
> > >please do share.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Some places (jurastictions or companies) might not allow ssh.
> > Others might not allow https.
> >
> > With variety there is choice. Is ftp a great overhead?
>
> If this is due to security considerations, I don't think a place
> disallowing ssh and https would allow plain ftp.
>
> If it is because they don't like encrypted connections, I suggest
> using plain http in this case.
>
> Best,
> Li-Wen
>
>

At present , there are many ftp sites in service .
I do not know ssh ( because I never used it ) .

Now Firefox is not LIKING to connect to ftp sites . I am using Qupzilla (
in Linux )
when I click an ftp site in Firefox , i.e.  Firefox is forking Qupzilla for
that ftp site .

Also there is  Filezilla for ftp sites , among other possible alternatives .


My question ( which it may be wrong due to my lack of knowledge ) :


Can we use   ssh  like  Qupzilla or Filezilla on existing ftp sites or
can   ssh   be a sufficiently powerful  alternative  to Qupzilla or
Filezilla  ?


With my best wishes ,


Mehmet Erol Sanliturk