Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Hello, Is there someone that could offer paid support for a cygwin problem I have? I have tried to contact Red Hat but they did not seem interested in offering support for the type of problem I have (or perhaps I didn't reach the right person...). It is described in the cygwin list: http://cyg

RE: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Marko Loparic wrote on Friday, September 14, 2007 3:42 PM:: > Hello, > > Is there someone that could offer paid support for a cygwin problem I > have? > > I have tried to contact Red Hat but they did not seem interested in > offering support for the type of problem I have (or perhaps I didn't >

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Hi Phil, I have also tried to do what you say but it did not solve the problem. Thanks a lot anyway, Marko On 9/17/07, Phil Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marko Loparic wrote on Friday, September 14, 2007 3:42 PM:: > > > Hello, > > > > Is there someone that could offer paid support for a cyg

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Marko Loparic wrote: Hi Phil, I have also tried to do what you say but it did not solve the problem. Thanks a lot anyway, Just a quick note, by the way, to question your apparent assumption that "paid support" will get you any further than using this list! The information you get here is "

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

- Original Message From: Marko Loparic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:49:39 PM Subject: Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support? Hello Steve, On 9/17/07, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a quick note,

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Hello Steve, On 9/17/07, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a quick note, by the way, to question your apparent assumption that > "paid support" will get you any further than using this list! I have already tried the list, some people helped, someone suggested me to use cacls, which c

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Marko Loparic wrote: Hello Steve, On 9/17/07, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just a quick note, by the way, to question your apparent assumption that "paid support" will get you any further than using this list! I have already tried the list, some people helped, someone suggested me

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

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 cheers. d. henman Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marko Loparic wrote: > > Hello Steve, >

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

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 o

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Will Parsons wrote: > 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? Fundamentally

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

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

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

Will Parsons wrote: why would cygwin be less secure? The more moving parts, the more things there are to break. Postulate that you have a program that's been audited to the point that you're absolutely certain it's 100% secure when run on Linux. Then you port it to Cygwin. Is it secure? T

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 03:08:55AM -0600, Warren Young wrote: > >Will Parsons wrote: > >>why would cygwin be less secure? > > > >The more moving parts, the more things there are to break. > > > >Postulate that you have a program that's been audited

Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 03:08:55AM -0600, Warren Young wrote: >Will Parsons wrote: >>why would cygwin be less secure? > >The more moving parts, the more things there are to break. > >Postulate that you have a program that's been audited to the point that >you're absolutely certain it's 100% secure

RE: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?

On 20 September 2007 10:09, Warren Young wrote: > Will Parsons wrote: >> why would cygwin be less secure? > Just one way it could fail is if there is a buffer overflow in the > implementation of one of Cygwin's interfaces, and your "100% secure" > program calls it. It's then only a matter of tim

PROBLEM SOLVED! (was: Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support?)

aric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:49:39 PM > Subject: Re: Is there someone offering cygwin paid support? > > > Hello Steve, > > On 9/17/07, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just a quick note,