Christopher Faylor wrote: > 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.
I'm curious about this. I think I recall from years ago a response to an enquiry about cygwin security that was basically along the lines that cygwin is as secure as the underlying Windows system. That made sense to me - why would cygwin be less secure? - Will -- 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/
