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r* Programs Being Removed from OpenBSD -current

Posted by timothy on from the but-it's-still-an-important-letter dept.

moonboy writes: "This post over at OpenBSD Journal tells of the r* programs (rsh, rlogin, rcopy, etc) being removed from the -current tree. Can Telnet and FTP be far behind? I say good riddance."

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  1. One Step in the Right Direction by bic2k · · Score: 1, Redundant

    BSD seems to be taking the necesary steps to reduce needless and mostly unused programs. Something linux distro's should also try doing.

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  2. wow, so late by tps12 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    I would have expected this to happen a lot earlier, given the well-known security problems with these utilities.

    But, better late than never, I s'pose.

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