Re: Cygwin's installation and security models?

Greetings, lloyd.w...@yahoo.co.uk! > Specifically, when I launch Cygwin's setup.exe, I am warned: > "Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher to > make changes to your system?" This is a generic warning suggesting to double-check your actions. > That code could be anything. I

Re: Cygwin's installation and security models?

was signed by Redhat or similar. Lloyd Wood lloyd.w...@yahoo.co.uk http://savi.sf.net/ - Original Message - From: "lloyd.w...@yahoo.co.uk" <lloyd.w...@yahoo.co.uk> To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com> Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 11:49 Subject: Cygwin

Re: Cygwin's installation and security models?

On 2016-08-16 19:49, lloyd.w...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I'd like to understand Cygwin's installation and security models better: - Cygwin's installers aren't signed. - downloads are from a number of untrusted mirrors via http/ftp, and packages aren't verified. Is this correct? Nope! The installer

Cygwin's installation and security models?

I'd like to understand Cygwin's installation and security models better: - Cygwin's installers aren't signed. - downloads are from a number of untrusted mirrors via http/ftp, and packages aren't verified. Is this correct? thanks Lloyd Wood lloyd.w...@yahoo.co.uk http://savi.sf.net