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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: why is bash trying to access my DNS?
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:50:09 +0100
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> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Randall R Schulz

> Geoffrey,
>
> Exactly what sneaky data can get sent in a DNS request?
>
> Oops. I mean what data can be sneakily sent via a DNS request.
>
> Oops. I mean what data can sneakily be sent via a DNS request.
>

Apart from what "John P. Rouillard [rouilj AT cs DOT umb DOT edu]" wrote in another
message (udp port 53 listener beeing something else than a DNS)...
Which leads to the conclusion that the answer to the above question(s) is:
"Any information that exists on the computer".

Another side of it:
 I have the same "paranoia" as Geoffrey Hausheer, and I firmly believe that
it has kept my computer setup _clean and functional_ for long periods of
time - where friends and workmates have had _plenty_ of trouble.

Another part of the same "paranoia": Before doing any 'more than minor'
setup-changes or software installs I do a COMPLETE backup. For obvious
reasons (see initial message in this thread).

 So far I have considered a Cygwin update to be 'minor' - but I'm beginning
to reconsider, WRT the amount of problems that seem to rise from that...
(reading this ML is what makes one wonder... ;-)

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden


> At 20:41 2003-03-03, Geoffrey Hausheer wrote:
-- 8< --
> >I care.  The reason I use zonealarm is to prevent any nasty 'sneaky'
> >programs from trying to send data off my system without my knowing it.
> >It has nothing to do with security (well that is the incoming part, which
> >is there too).
> >
> >Geoff

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