Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
TheO wrote:
<snip>
As far as I am concerned, user's view is restricted enough to what I
allow them to see and do. If I revoke user's rights to write to any
directory
except /jail/home/user, then he should only be able to upload files to
his
jailed home directory.
My question is, how secure is Cygwin as SFTP server set up this way? Is
there any security hole I don't know yet?
Ugh! Looks like I'm challenged in the proof-reading department this
morning!
Security from the standpoint of access to the remote file system and
processes come from the security measures put in place under Windows
^
s
on the remote system. SFTP under Cygwin will not provide this. It
only provids encrypted transport.
^
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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