Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system?

Rebecca Cran rebecca at bsdio.com
Thu Sep 17 16:47:41 UTC 2020


On 9/17/20 8:04 AM, Cy Schubert wrote:

>
> We should also deprecate the FTP client.
>
> I've been advocating removing FTP (and HTTP) from libfetch as well. People
> should be using HTTPS only. (libfetch could support a plugin that might be
> supplied by a port should someone be inclined to write one.)


As an aside, are there any plans to remove the word "ftp" from the 
FreeBSD download sites. e.g. 
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.1/ ?


-- 
Rebecca Cran




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