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Subject: Re: telnet, ftp, browser
From: Philip Paeps
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 04:18 UTC
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From: philip@trouble.is (Philip Paeps)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: telnet, ftp, browser
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 12:18:17 +0800
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Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> wrote:
> Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> wrote:
>> Anyone know where & how ftp, telnet & a browser
>> for use on a freebsd system can be
>> found? Even better would be freebsd
>> active on a usb stick with ftp, telnet & a
>> browser.
>>
>> Hul
>
> The ports collection has plenty of FTP clients,
> browsers,and telnet applications.
>
> Just go into the right /usr/ports subdirectory,
> pick ones you want,and type "make install" and
> it will be made installed.
>
> The telnetd deprecation in the recent releases
> means you have to add it from ports,in older
> releases it was part of the base system.

Note that only telnet*d* was removed from the base system.
In 2023, there are few realistic use cases for running the
telnet daemon.

The telnet client still ships with the FreeBSD base system.

Philip

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Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Alternative Enterprises

Subject: Re: telnet, ftp, browser
From: Louis Epstein
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 21:24 UTC
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Subject: Re: telnet, ftp, browser
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Philip Paeps <philip@trouble.is> wrote:
> Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> wrote:
>> Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> wrote:
>>> Anyone know where & how ftp, telnet & a browser
>>> for use on a freebsd system can be
>>> found? Even better would be freebsd
>>> active on a usb stick with ftp, telnet & a
>>> browser.
>>>
>>> Hul
>>
>> The ports collection has plenty of FTP clients,
>> browsers,and telnet applications.
>>
>> Just go into the right /usr/ports subdirectory,
>> pick ones you want,and type "make install" and
>> it will be made installed.
>>
>> The telnetd deprecation in the recent releases
>> means you have to add it from ports,in older
>> releases it was part of the base system.
>
> Note that only telnet*d* was removed from the base system.
> In 2023, there are few realistic use cases for running the
> telnet daemon.

Isn't an Amnuts talker one of them?
> The telnet client still ships with the FreeBSD base system.
>
> Philip
>

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comp / comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc / Re: telnet, ftp, browser

Subject	Author
Re: telnet, ftp, browser	Philip Paeps
Re: telnet, ftp, browser	Louis Epstein