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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: cygwin sshd will not run under McAfee VirusScan 8.0i
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:37:41 -0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Rob S.i.k.l.o.s
> Sent: 19 November 2004 18:12

> Should we:
>     a) treat this as a McAfee bug and just let people search 
> the mailing 
> list archives until McAfee decides to fix it;
>     b) treat it as a McAfee bug and automatically add "-y 
> McShield" in 
> ssh-host-config if that service exists; or
>     c) investigate it as a possibly cygwin sshd bug;


  I'm a sysadmin[*].  The _first_ thing I do whenever I've got a new PC to
install on the network is remove absolutely *every* single last piece of the
godawful pile of garbage that is known as Norton/McAfee/Symantec.  It's not
just cygwin sshd: it causes random, unpredictable failures throughout any
system that is unfortunate enough to have it installed.  It is bloated and
ugly and buggy, and it installs hooks into every corner of the OS, which has
the effect of seriously destabilising the entire system.  I can't see any
point trying to accomodate it.

  It should be taken outside, lined up against the wall, and shot.  Then
stabbed.  Then it should be kicked.  _Then_ it should be tied to a porcupine
and thrown in front of a speeding train.  And even that's not a fraction as
much as it _deserves_ to suffer.

  Oh, and it _never_ uninstalls itself properly.  It leaves crud throughout
the registry and filesystem.  FCOL, it leaves these stupid auto-updaters
installed and running even after the entire packages has been uninstalled.
I usually have to go in and manually nuke the fragments.

<littleengland>I don't like it!</littleengland>

    cheers, 
      DaveK

[*]  And other things too, of couse.  Sheesh, that makes me sound so
one-dimensional.... mutter mutter grumble....
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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