Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:47:47 UTC
On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 05:32:26PM +0800, Li-Wen Hsu wrote: > >If this is due to security considerations, I don't think a place >disallowing ssh and https would allow plain ftp. Some places either might not have or might not allow egress. Some networks are closed at install time. An ftp server on a LAN is quick and easy and is in base. >If it is because they don't like encrypted connections, I suggest >using plain http in this case. Some places proxy port 80/443 and there may be no way for the end user to get around that. They might not proxy ftp outbound. -- J.