Re: Moving telnet/telnetd from base to pkgsrc

[maya%netbsd.org@localhost]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 09:55:34PM +0100, Marc Balmer wrote:
> Is telnet / telnetd less of a risk to our users if it is in pkgsrc rather than in base?
> 
> Is pkgsrc the toilet for software you don‘t want to see in base?
> 
> Is pkgsrc your personal toilet?
> 
> I have good use for telnet and telnetd.  I don‘t want it to be removed from base.
> 
> -mb
> 

pkgsrc means I can do this:
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/S4hKN82BrC/

> ./telnetc.py localhost
Enter your remote account: fly
Password: 
 for fly@planets:
Last login: Sat Dec 15 15:14:46 2018 on console
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