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* RE: Getting Cygwin into a corporation..
@ 2002-04-24 17:35 Robert Collins
  2002-04-24 19:33 ` Lapo Luchini
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Robert Collins @ 2002-04-24 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael F. March, cygwin



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael F. March [mailto:march@indirect.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:02 AM
> To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Getting Cygwin into a corporation..
> 
> 
> 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:
> 
> > Cygwin, in itself, is typically a harmless application.
> > However, once installed, it does allow a user to invalidate 
> > the NT Security architecture; a user can then install cygwin 
> > ports without the NT administrators consent (including, of 
> > course, the cygwin DHCP port).
> 
> 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

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* Getting Cygwin into a corporation..
@ 2002-04-24 12:05 Michael F. March
  2002-04-24 12:10 ` Chris Ellsworth
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Michael F. March @ 2002-04-24 12:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

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:

> Cygwin, in itself, is typically a harmless application.  
> However, once installed, it does allow a user to invalidate 
> the NT Security architecture; a user can then install cygwin 
> ports without the NT administrators consent (including, of 
> course, the cygwin DHCP port).

How should I respond to this?


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