From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27762 invoked by alias); 24 Apr 2002 23:58:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 27752 invoked from network); 24 Apr 2002 23:58:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO itdomain003.itdomain.net.au) (203.63.157.208) by 209.249.29.67 with SMTP; 24 Apr 2002 23:58:54 -0000 content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: Getting Cygwin into a corporation.. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:35:00 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Robert Collins" To: "Michael F. March" , X-SW-Source: 2002-04/txt/msg01398.txt.bz2 > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael F. March [mailto:march@indirect.com]=20 > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:02 AM > To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com > Subject: Getting Cygwin into a corporation.. >=20 >=20 > In the company I work for they have outlawed all Unix > variants (Linux, Solaris, OSX) from certain networks. I > asked why Cygwin could not be installed and here is > some of the response I got back: >=20 > > Cygwin, in itself, is typically a harmless application. > > However, once installed, it does allow a user to invalidate=20 > > the NT Security architecture; a user can then install cygwin=20 > > ports without the NT administrators consent (including, of=20 > > course, the cygwin DHCP port). >=20 > How should I respond to this? Cygwin does not make installing applications easier or harder. It adds no executable types, and no alterations are made to system security. Long and short: if you can install DHCP with cygwin on those machines, you can install DHCP WITHOUT cygwin. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/