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[Mageia-dev] Detailed version of the Mageia Unmaintained Packages

+ Guillaume Rousse + guillomovitch at gmail.com +
+ Wed Oct 5 20:36:17 CEST 2011 +

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Le 05/10/2011 01:44, Johnny A. Solbu a écrit :
+> On Wednesday 05 October 2011 00:42, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
+>> Nearly 3000 Mageia packages are on the unmaintained list. I've prepared
+>> more detailed version.
+>
+> I notice that, according to this list, rsh is still provided. Why?
+> Isn't OpenSSH a complete, secure, replacement?
+Security isn't always a concern, and other issues may be more important 
+in some context. HPC is a perfect example. Also, they are secure usage 
+of rsh (and other tools relying on clear-text protocols), such as OTP 
+and kerberos tokens.
+
+> Telnet I can understand, as it is also used to debug network problems.
+> rsh should be dumped in order to urge the use of secure alternatives like OpenSSH, in my oppinion.
+Only old timers use this kind of tools, I guess they know better than 
+packagers what they should do... So, as long as there is a volonteer to 
+maintain a package, I don't see how dropping it would make the situation 
+better for anyone.
+-- 
+Guillaume
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