Re: Moving telnet/telnetd from base to pkgsrc

[John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>]

On Dec 14,  4:56am, coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
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} The maintenance burden is as follows:
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} - Y'all seem to think it's totally reasonable to telnet in the open
}   internet

     Nobody thinks it should be used in the open internet in any
situation where security is required, at least not without using
one of the secure authentication extensions.

} This means it begs for a rewrite

     This statement is total nonsense.  It works just fine.  And,
it's not like there is a crap-ton of CVEs against it.  In fact,
there have been almost none, which is pretty impressive considering
how old the code is.

} - You'd want some esoteric functionality preserved

     You mean like the telnet protocol which can in no way be
described as esoteric?

} This means rewriting it isn't going to happen

     Given that there is no particular reason for it to happen,
this isn't a problem.  BTW, I wouldn't call rewriting it, "maintenance".

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