From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Write access for BUILTIN\USERS - cygwin privilege escalation vulnerability for Windows 2008 default installation
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:39:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090921183911.GC16647@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AB7A797.6090405@gmail.com>
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:19:35PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> Therefore Cygwin should never be deployed to provide services to untrusted
>users on a 'net-facing server. It's just not a real OS(*).
Cygwin is not a floor wax either. It's just barely a dessert topping.
cgf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-21 18:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-21 8:41 Andrew McGill
2009-09-21 16:05 ` Dave Korn
2009-09-21 18:39 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2009-09-23 6:26 ` Andrew McGill
2009-10-22 6:53 ` Andrew McGill
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