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Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 16:54:10 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: The security of OpenSSH with cygwin.
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In-Reply-To: <85256A54.00486700.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com>; from yap_noel@jpmorgan.com on Tue, May 22, 2001 at 09:10:43AM -0400

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 09:10:43AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
> Will just using the SSH client open you up to attacks?

If an attacker is already on the system, yes. Otherwise, no,
except for possible security leaks in OpenSSH which have nothing
to do with Cygwin.

Corinna

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