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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 22:15:59 -0400
From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
To: Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen DOT de>
Cc: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com, noer AT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Corinna's security patches now in latest snapshot -- please test
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In-Reply-To: <001e01bea51f$32202810$0181a8c0@corinna.vinschen.net>; from Corinna Vinschen on Sun, May 23, 1999 at 03:19:48PM +0200

I have incorporated Corinna's extensive security patches into our
sources here.  They should show up in a snapshot tonight.

I'd appreciate it if everyone could test this DLL.  It provides
increased security for signal handling and, most importantly, security
and more UNIX-like permisissons for files.  With this we get the ability
to set the execute bit on a file without resorting to NTEA.  The file
stuff only works on an NTFS partition, unfortunately.

I hope that Corinna will grace us with a better description on what this
patch does and what to expect from it.  She obviously spent a lot of
time on it and it looks like it works well.

Please try this out.

-Chris