X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Will Parsons Subject: Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support? Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:30:01 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <2D9E96311DCA4C48BF185EA6928BC7BB026A1822@asc-mail.int.ascribe.com> <20070918155829.1648@blackhawk> <20070918151831.GA27067@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: ellenophilos@yahoo.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/