Re: Moving telnet/telnetd from base to pkgsrc

[Marc Balmer <mhbalmer%gmail.com@localhost>]

Whatever.

Please keep telnet and telnetd in base.  They have their valid use cases.

Thanks,
-mb


> Am 15.12.2018 um 22:06 schrieb 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
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