Re: Bug#1074175: netkit-rwho: remove for trixie?
On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 09:24:18AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> First, I think we need to understand the rationale for doing anything
> about 'netkit-rwho': do we want to do something because 1) it is not
> maintained upstream? or 2) because it is an insecure design?, or 3)
> something else?
At least 1) and 2).
> [..]
> So, are our reason for doing anything about netkit-rwho really because
> netkit upstream is not maintained?
There is no upstream. Arch uses _us_ as their upstream.
The last release tarball is stamped in the year 2000.
> I haven't analyzed what rwho(d) implementations are out there. I see
> NetBSD/FreeBSD has one still in -current, but OpenBSD removed it during
> 5.x. Are people aware of any other implementations worth considering?
IMO we should follow OpenBSD's 2015 (or earlier) decision.
Chris
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