Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> > Also, you should be aware that in commercial deployment,
> > having a compiler on board the system is often considered
> > a bad thing, as it permits entre to exploiters bringing
> > their own programs onto the system.
>
> I've seen people disable compilers before, but I haven't understood
> how it helps. You can compile elsewhere and bring the binary onto the
> system, can't you? Unless the system is some extremely rare OS or
> doesn't ship with a compiler at all -- neither of which is true of
> FreeBSD.
You aren't thinking like an embedded systems developer
trying to sell a box with no moving parts into a telco
that requires such things, with the cost of a 1G flash
sitting at ~$2,600/unit.
You also aren't thinking like a TrustedBSD "Without my
compiler, your executables will have the wrong cryptographic
signatures, and my OS will refuse to run them" wonk...
-- Terry
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