Eugene Grosbein wrote: >04.04.2021 3:39, Ed Maste wrote: > >> I propose deprecating the ftpd currently included in the base system >> before FreeBSD 14, and opened review D26447 >> (https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26447) to add a notice to the man page. >> I had originally planned to try to do this before 13.0, but it dropped >> off my list. FTP is not nearly as relevant now as it once was, and it >> had a security vulnerability that secteam had to address. >> >> I'm happy to make a port for it if anyone needs it. Comments? > >I'm strongly against remove of stock ftpd. FTP is fastest protocol for both >testing >and daily file transfer for trusted isolated segments, and even for WAN >wrapped in IPSec. > >Our stock ftpd has very short backlog of security issues comparing with other >FTP server implementations, >mostly linked with libc or other libraries and not with ftpd code itself. > >Please don't fix what ain't broken. Please. I'll +1 this.
I find ftpd very handy on my local lan (for example, Windoze has an ftp client). Since it isn't enabled by default, I don't see it as a security concern. rick _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
