Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system?

Thu Sep 17 15:37:06 UTC 2020

> On Sep 17, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Re: removing HTTP client please no!!! The current drive to "outlaw" HTTP
> coming from companies who see all world via web browser. Totally ignoring
> the fact that HTTP != HTTPS in particular in cases where reliability and
> lower complexity of the system takes precedence over on-the-wire protocol
> security. For example, many internal APIs of AWS EC2 are HTTP.

Agree.  And remember the mantra: tools, not policy.

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