git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:17:46 UTC
The branch main has been updated by brooks:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59fa38e076f18ba7
commit 24e1824e4646237c5ab8e63f59fa38e076f18ba7
Author: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
Commit: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-09-21 15:17:04 +0000
Deprecate telnet daemon
The telnetd codebase is old, unmaintained, and has a number of quality
issues. Users wishing to provide telnetd service should find a
maintained implementation. The telnet client is NOT deprecated as it
is lower risk.
Reviewed by: pauamma, kevans, kp, melifaro
MFC After: 3 days
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36619
---
contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 b/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
index 6c5db4596661..07ce62936d23 100644
--- a/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
+++ b/contrib/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)telnetd.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 28, 2008
+.Dd September 21, 2022
.Dt TELNETD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ protocol server
.Op Fl p Ar loginprog
.Op Fl u Ar len
.Op Fl debug Op Ar port
+.SH DEPRECATION NOTICE
+.Nm
+is deprecated and may not be available in
+.Fx 14.0
+and later.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm