Re: Moving telnet/telnetd from base to pkgsrc

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

On Dec 17, 10:24am, Marc Balmer wrote:
} > Am 17.12.2018 um 08:57 schrieb Martin Husemann <martin%NetBSD.org@localhost>:
} > On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 10:43:14PM +0100, Marc Balmer wrote:
} >> To me it looks like one or two people don't like telnet and have become
} >> very vocal and loud about removing it and did not invest a lot of thought
} >> in to the cause.   Yes, I call them *******....
} > 
} > Name calling and other personal insults have no place in our mailing lists.
} > Please keep discussion content technical. We will deal with the incident   
} > privately.
} 
} I want to clear a few things.
} 
} An insult was not intended at all, I am sorry if you or someone
} else was insulted.
} 
} When I wrote "dummies" I actually meant that they did not think
} the consequences to the end, I am not aware of any other meanings
} of that word.

     Realizing that English is probably not your first language,
I'll just point out the word "dummy" is often used as a synonym
for "stupid" or "idiot".  In terms of grades, it's a more minor
insult, but the implication is there.

     However, failing to think about consequences is certainly a
problem.  Posting inflammatory comments is likely to get one burned.

} As from a technical point of view, I think that both telnet and
} telnetd have their valid uses, e.g. in a VPN/Ipsec environment,

     True, and this is the reason for the pushback.

} where using ssh results in double encryption.
} 
}-- End of excerpt from Marc Balmer