Re: removing Secure RPC DES authentication

From: Dag-Erling_Smørgrav <des_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 11:02:01 UTC
Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> writes:
> [...]  I am not sure what was the reasoning for the removal of the
> keyserv?  Is it because you decide that it is 'unpopular'?  [...]  Was
> keyserv at least moved to ports?  [...]  What is the cost we have to
> pay to keep secure RPC in libc and possibly the daemons in ports?  Is
> there some fantastic feature that is blocked by the cost of handling
> of the secure rpc?

You're yelling at the wrong person.  Lexi did not remove keyserv.  She
wasn't even a committer when that happened.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org