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

On 2022-01-23 12:08, Stefan Esser wrote:
> Am 23.01.22 um 18:12 schrieb Jose Quinteiro:
>> On 1/23/22 09:06, tech-lists wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 08:55:09AM -0800, Jose Quinteiro wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You can run HTTP on a non-standard port. For example, 8080 is commonly
>>>> used. As an added bonus, this means that the HTTP server need not run as
>>>> root.
>>> 
>>> Unless I'm mistaken, there is no web server in base. There is though, an
>>> ftp server.
>> 
>> Touche. I wouldn't mind having Thttpd in base.
>> https://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/
> 
> An interesting idea, we have it as a port in www/thttpd.
> 
> While we generally rather move base components that are not
> generally required to ports, this might be a case where it
> makes sense to replace one base system component by another
> one currently only available as a port ...
> 
> The thttpd binary is smaller than the ftpd currently in base,
The binaries may be smaller. But I would argue that the "holes"
potentially created are *larger*. :-)

An otherwise interesting proposition.

> and it might make sense to replace ftpd by this simple httpd:
> 
> $ size /usr/libexec/ftpd
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>  105901	   4276	   5984	 116161	  1c5c1	/usr/libexec/ftpd
> 
> $ size work/stage/usr/local/sbin/*
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    5469	    656	    112	   6237	   185d	work/stage/usr/local/sbin/makeweb
>    7453	    760	    120	   8333	   208d	work/stage/usr/local/sbin/thtpasswd
>   81184	   8336	   2280	  91800	  16698	work/stage/usr/local/sbin/thttpd
> 
> The sources are distributed under a 2 clause BSD copyright.
> 
> Maybe having a HTTP server in base is more useful than a FTP
> server, today ...
> 
> Regards, STefan
-- Chris