From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11143 invoked by alias); 9 Sep 2012 22:27:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 11136 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Sep 2012 22:27:23 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_PGP_SIGNED,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-pb0-f43.google.com (HELO mail-pb0-f43.google.com) (209.85.160.43) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:27:10 +0000 Received: by pbbrq2 with SMTP id rq2so1658213pbb.2 for ; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.237.3 with SMTP id uy3mr2329284pbc.30.1347229630080; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [219.92.162.192] (pbz-162-192.tm.net.my. [219.92.162.192]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id wn1sm775688pbc.57.2012.09.09.15.27.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:27:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <504D17B4.2010707@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:38:00 -0000 From: JonY User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080213 Thunderbird/2.0.0.12 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem during C source code compilation References: <20120905202710.GA10452@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <50489C52.3030608@hones.org.uk> <50489E19.5010208@cs.utoronto.ca> <1346983618.8580.28.camel@YAAKOV04> <504C2D61.6080407@dancol.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig73DFE2B39DFDF9600B99AEE5" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-09/txt/msg00122.txt.bz2 --------------enig73DFE2B39DFDF9600B99AEE5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1680 On 9/10/2012 01:22, Earnie Boyd wrote: > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Daniel Colascione wrote: >> On 9/7/12 1:17 PM, Fausto Arinos Barbuto wrote: >>>> You need *a* firewall and *an* antivirus, but not necessarily *those* >>>> specific products. If you're serious about using Cygwin, you'll >>> want to >>>> find alternatives that aren't BLODA. >>> >>> You are right on spot as for that, but unfortunately Zone Alarm (my >>> 2nd firewall option) is also BLODA. I can easily live without McAfee >>> (and I'm seriously decided to replace it by another non-BLODA product), >>> but really good, *non-leaky* firewalls aren't that easy to find. I >>> will see what I can do. >> >> You realize that Windows comes with a perfectly good firewall, right? >=20 > I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with that thought. >=20 No, I'm thinking of the possible incompetence involved, the Cisco clean access or whatever Trojan that the IT department installs probably does not recognize the Windows default firewall, so you have to pay $$$ instead. Then again, it might even be insidious even if those AV or firewall programs are sold at a "special discount" price for university students. It's just racketeering, think of the student turn over rate, and the kickbacks. >> I really don't think people need the security bolt-ons they think they >> need. All they do is slow things down and cause problems. >> >=20 > Fear of the unknown is a great sale pitch. What I really dislike are > those who distribute things like virus protection embedded in their > own product installation. I upgraded Java and ended up requesting an > install of McAfee. >=20 How does Java relate to McAfee? --------------enig73DFE2B39DFDF9600B99AEE5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" Content-length: 196 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAlBNF7kACgkQp56AKe10wHePzwCgi0tpmp+VK5LG7wrQRqFXHh5T b3kAnioJoLsfWVjHglxqBo8YEapHI4Zi =qma9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig73DFE2B39DFDF9600B99AEE5--