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Message-ID: <3CC75D7C.1030207@lapo.it>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 03:35:56 +0200
From: Lapo Luchini <lapo AT lapo DOT it>
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To: Mailing List: CygWin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Getting Cygwin into a corporation..
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>
>>>Cygwin, in itself, is typically a harmless application.
>>>However, once installed, it does allow a user to invalidate 
>>>the NT Security architecture; a user can then install cygwin 
>>>ports without the NT administrators consent (including, of 
>>>course, the cygwin DHCP port).
>>>      
>>>
Never heard of software that "takes over" the security of the OS just 
for the sake of installing programs (unless it has malicious intent 
*and* the OS has an exploitable bug)...
-_-

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Lapo 'Raist' Luchini
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