Bug 1822646 - Please stop shipping rsh-server
Summary: Please stop shipping rsh-server
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rsh
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Michal Ruprich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-04-09 14:07 UTC by Robbie Harwood
Modified: 2020-04-24 05:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-24 05:28:16 UTC
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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.


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