Re: removing Secure RPC DES authentication

On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 01:02:01PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]> writes:
> > [...]  I am not sure what was the reasoning for the removal of the
> > keyserv?  Is it because you decide that it is 'unpopular'?  [...]  Was
> > keyserv at least moved to ports?  [...]  What is the cost we have to
> > pay to keep secure RPC in libc and possibly the daemons in ports?  Is
> > there some fantastic feature that is blocked by the cost of handling
> > of the secure rpc?
> 
> You're yelling at the wrong person.  Lexi did not remove keyserv.  She
> wasn't even a committer when that happened.

I definitely not yelling.  I am asking the technical questions about the
decisions.

In this context, it does not matter at all who did it. I am trying to
discuss why, and should we keep that decision. [9dcb984251b3 I suppose]