On Apr 7, 2015, at 4:52 AM, Randy Bush <randy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > i maintain an ftp server. it is a pita. i also maintain uucp service. > i recommend neither. but i have very good reasons to run them. i am > still not getting the very good reason for the secretariat to continue > to run ftp. Yup. I killed off ftp on my servers about four or five years ago because the code was too old and brittle to feel trustworthy, and I didn't need it. The idea that there is no cost to continuing to run a service that is already working fails to take into account the issue of stale code with few friendly eyes upon it.