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Re: Unable to compile cygwin

Christopher Faylor wrote:

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 03:29:25PM +0100, Gabriel SOUBIES wrote:

I've been using Cygwin for a while and am really happy with it.
But recently my paranoid boss has asked me to prove him that there was no
security problem with using Cygwin on our secure network.



Cygwin is not secure.  It's a given.  There are surely easy local exploits
that could be used to break it.

Ha! Ask that boss to prove to you that there is no security problem running Windows on a 'secure' network.

I'd like to see him try to get the source code and recompile THAT!

--
Jim Ramsay


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