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From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject: Re: Security hole in gnu-win32-gcc
12 Sep 1997 16:35:11 -0700 :
Message-ID: <199709122256.PAA03363.cygnus.gnu-win32@rtl.cygnus.com>
References: <5F404EEF30B3CF11B76B00000000000182E567 AT cisncdc>
To: Charles_Boatwright AT cisnc DOT canon DOT com (Boatwright Charles)
Cc: kroening AT hit DOT handshake DOT de, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Boatwright, Charles wrote:
[...]
> This is not a ( new ) security hole.  This will always happen on Win95.
> NT is another story.
[...]

I just wanted to give a disclaimer which most of you hopefully assume
anyway: Cygwin32 has not been analyzed for security issues much if it all.
I would be surprised if there weren't some serious holes, although I am
not currently aware of any.

-- 
Geoffrey Noer
noer AT cygnus DOT com
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