From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject: RE: "SHARED" attribute on section in .DLL?
23 Feb 1998 05:49:14 -0800
Message-ID: <199802231338.IAA00635.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@hardy.bbc.com>
To: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com, sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru

>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> It mentions that data can be shared between dlls if a dll puts data
>> that is intended to be shared in a section which has a "shared" attribute.
>
>This works for win16, but I'm not sure that this will work on win32.
>This will break NT's security model, for example.

The book mentions this technique specifically for Win32.