From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 109245 invoked by alias); 16 Jul 2018 09:03:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 109225 invoked by uid 89); 16 Jul 2018 09:03:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_NUMSUBJECT,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=networks, decades, offer, Hx-spam-relays-external:ESMTPA X-HELO: mx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net Received: from Unknown (HELO mx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net) (153.92.174.39) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:03:27 +0000 Received: from vsmx002.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (unknown [192.168.75.192]) by mta-6-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF36D9B1B8 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Gertrud (unknown [91.47.49.33]) by mta-6-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 978B6199C17 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:03:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ITA] rsh-0.17-3 References: <20180716045535.af47b237719e6c55cd55a9f3@nifty.ne.jp> <87lgabshnb.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <20180716174907.6de89a81b55e404dc62a4e18@nifty.ne.jp> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:03:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20180716174907.6de89a81b55e404dc62a4e18@nifty.ne.jp> (Takashi Yano's message of "Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:49:07 +0900") Message-ID: <87h8kzsgbv.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2018-07/txt/msg00041.txt.bz2 Takashi Yano writes: > I agree rlogin/rsh/rexec are outdated. However, most major Linux > and BSD distributions still provide them as a package. > > Should not Cygwin follow these as well? Even on the UN*X side the r-tools have been deprecated for so long it doesn't really make sense to use them anymore. The only sane way to use them is in fully isolated networks and I haven't seen any of those in decades. With Cygwin running on top of Windows there is ahole other set of issues to deal with and that makes it even more inappropriate to even offer those tools. IMHO, deferring to the security lead for Cygwin. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptations for Waldorf Q V3.00R3 and Q+ V3.54R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada