Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20020821081839.02235ac0@pop.rcn.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.rcn.com Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:21:09 -0400 To: Carter Dennis L Civ AFRL/VAAA , "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: DoD Security Clearance for Cygwin? In-Reply-To: <0122CEB9EA43D511B46B00508BE3BDD2037DFCD6@fszhtv13.wpafb.af .mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 07:52 AM 8/21/2002, Carter Dennis L Civ AFRL/VAAA wrote: >While I have heard good reviews on the capabilities of Cygwin, my security people are requiring an extensive analysis of the code before permitting it to be used on our machines. Good to hear the "press" likes Cygwin. ;-) >Has any DoD center already completed this security review so we don't have to reaccomplish it? If they have, we haven't heard about it. Still, I expect the review would be pointless. Cygwin is not a secure multi-user environment locally. It can be used as a secure environment remotely via SSH. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/