Deprecating base system ftpd?

Warner Losh
2021-04-03T20:45:29Z

On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 2:40 PM Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:

> I propose deprecating the ftpd currently included in the base system
> before FreeBSD 14, and opened review D26447
> (https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26447) to add a notice to the man page.
> I had originally planned to try to do this before 13.0, but it dropped
> off my list. FTP is not nearly as relevant now as it once was, and it
> had a security vulnerability that secteam had to address.
>
> I'm happy to make a port for it if anyone needs it. Comments?
>

I already use one of the ports ftpd's for my needs, so this is fine by me.
I'm agnostic about whether we need a port for what was in base, but suspect
that's likely the path of least resistance.

Warner