[ale] cygwin security concerns under Windows?

[Chris Fowler]

Jeff Lightner wrote:
>
> We’re considering installing cygwin to run sshd on one of our Windows 
> production servers.
>
> My co-worker seems to hate Cygwin for some reason so is throwing up 
> objections that aren’t articulated very well. Is there in fact any 
> reason that Cygwin sshd on Windows 2000 or 2003 would be more insecure 
> than sshd on a UNIX/Linux server? Is Cygwin itself insecure?
>

This is the only link with "cygwin is insecure"

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Web_Servers/Q_21717852.html

Look near the bottom


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