Bug 1822646

Summary:	Please stop shipping rsh-server
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robbie Harwood <rharwood>
Component:	rsh	Assignee:	Michal Ruprich <mruprich>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Robbie Harwood 2020-04-09 14:07:28 UTC

Given we have openssh-server in the distro, I don't think it makes sense for us to ship rsh-server, let alone recommend its installation as the package description does.  For a list of problems with the rsh protocol, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_r-commands#Security

If you would like a patch for this change, please let me know.  Thanks!

Comment 1 Michal Ruprich 2020-04-22 09:07:48 UTC

I am well aware of the problems with rsh, nevertheless we have reasons why we keep it in Fedora. I might change the package description so that this package is not recommended, but I will not remove it.