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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:00:08 -0400
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To: ABi DaR <snyper411 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: security concerns / production environment
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On 10/14/2005, ABi DaR wrote:
> Well,  I want to install cygwin on a production server and wanted to make 
> sure there are no current security concerns or things that I should be 
> aware of.  I just wanted to know if anybody else had any issues where it 
> conflicted with any existing application that was running at the time or 
> any modification they had to make to cygwin for security purposes. 

Beyond the FAQ entry I pointed you to, there is no additional "caveats" to
using OpenSSH under Cygwin.

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