Re: Moving telnet/telnetd from base to pkgsrc

[Marc Balmer]

> Am 15.12.2018 um 23:00 schrieb m...@netbsd.org:
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 10:38:10PM +0100, Anders Magnusson wrote:
>>> Den 2018-12-15 kl. 22:11, skrev Marc Balmer:
>>> Whatever.
>>> 
>>> Please keep telnet and telnetd in base.  They have their valid use cases.
>>> 
>> Yes please.  I have used both kerberized telnet and plain telnet last 12
>> months frequently.
>> I don't think it's up to us try to tell people that "this SW may be insecure
>> and we don't trust you of not knowing that, so we'll remove it instead".
>> 
>> I'm pretty sure that all users of telnet know what the implications are.  
>> If they don't then it doesn't matter whether it is in base or not.
>> 
>> -- Ragge
> 
> What's the deal wiht IPSEC?
> I've never used it, but I was under the impression it gives encryption
> for free for things that otherwise don't have it.
> 
> Do all the programs need to have ipsec-specific goo to use it? telnet
> does, as well as having its own encryption code.

Si tacuisses...