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Re: Moving telnet/telnetd from base to pkgsrc



Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> One of the implications at the moment is that anyone on the internet
> between you and the remote host can crash your telnet client[*] with
> no user interaction beyond making a connection.

Index: ./usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -p -u -u -r1.34 telnet.1
--- ./usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1   3 Jul 2017 21:34:22 -0000       1.34
+++ ./usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1   15 Dec 2018 22:15:48 -0000
@@ -1391,6 +1391,10 @@ Other environment variables may be propa
 to the other side via the
 .Dv TELNET ENVIRON
 option.
+.Sh BUGS
+Anyone on the internet between you and the remote host can
+crash your telnet client with no user interaction beyond
+making a connection.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width ~/.telnetrc -compact
 .It Pa ~/.telnetrc


Job done!

-- 
Alex


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