Re: Moving telnet/telnetd from base to pkgsrc

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On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 10:38:10PM +0100, Anders Magnusson wrote:
> Den 2018-12-15 kl. 22:11, skrev Marc Balmer:
> > Whatever.
> > 
> > Please keep telnet and telnetd in base.  They have their valid use cases.
> > 
> Yes please.  I have used both kerberized telnet and plain telnet last 12
> months frequently.
> I don't think it's up to us try to tell people that "this SW may be insecure
> and we don't trust you of not knowing that, so we'll remove it instead".
> 
> I'm pretty sure that all users of telnet know what the implications are.  
> If they don't then it doesn't matter whether it is in base or not.
> 
> -- Ragge

What's the deal wiht IPSEC?
I've never used it, but I was under the impression it gives encryption
for free for things that otherwise don't have it.

Do all the programs need to have ipsec-specific goo to use it? telnet
does, as well as having its own encryption code.