Unable to compile cygwin

Jim Ramsay i.am@jimramsay.com
Mon Dec 22 21:54:00 GMT 2003


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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