Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?
Will Parsons
oudeis@nodomain.invalid
Tue Sep 18 23:31:00 GMT 2007
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Cygwin potentially adds a whole other layer of insecurity on top of
> Windows. We do try to keep security in mind but, nevertheless, we don't
> recommend using Cygwin in a secure instalation unless there has been quite
> a bit of validation.
I'm curious about this. I think I recall from years ago a response to an
enquiry about cygwin security that was basically along the lines that cygwin
is as secure as the underlying Windows system. That made sense to me - why
would cygwin be less secure?
- Will
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