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Re: How secure is Cygwin in a multi-user environment?
On Mar 3 00:09, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> As of version 1.5.13, the Cygwin developers are not aware of any feature
> in the cygwin dll that would allow users to gain privileges or to access
> objects to which they have no rights under Windows. However there is no
> guarantee that Cygwin is as secure as the Windows it runs on.
> Cygwin processes share some variables and are thus easier targets of
> denial of service type of attacks.
Sounds good to me.
Corinna
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