X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:18:31 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support? Message-ID: <20070918151831.GA27067@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <2D9E96311DCA4C48BF185EA6928BC7BB026A1822 AT asc-mail DOT int DOT ascribe DOT com> <20070918155829 DOT 1648 AT blackhawk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070918155829.1648@blackhawk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 03:58:29PM +0900, d.henman wrote: >Marko, > the best way for you would be to throw Windows out and use a >mature unix like o.s. Cygwin documents that it is not made for secure >operation, due to Captial w windows, faults.... Cygwin potentially adds a whole other layer of insecurity on top of Windows. We do try to keep security in mind but, nevertheless, we don't recommend using Cygwin in a secure instalation unless there has been quite a bit of validation. In other words, the burden of proving security is up to the person deploying Cygwin. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/