On 8/23/06, Juha Saarinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8/23/06, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> THEN PUT THE COMPILER ON THE COMPUTER IN QUESTION! Sheesh.
Hmm? What are you ranting about?
He's ranting about people naively leaving compilers off of computers
in the interest of making their computers "secure".
> "Hi, I just shot myself in the foot, and it really hurts. I don't think
> it should be that way" uh..then watch where you store your bullets.
I see. You didn't read all the posts.
I'll bet he did.
> Having a mechanism to support your production machines with updates and
> upgrades has to be part of your system.
> If you opt to make the system more difficult to update by leaving
> off the compiler, you have to do something else to do the builds
> If you are worried about urgent, you have a system that can build
> rapidly, not in days...
>
> Very eloquent arguments have been made for why leaving compilers off
> systems INCREASES security risks due to making the system hard to update.
Haven't made any such "very eloquent arguments". Could you check who
you're responding to before posting? Thanks.
He was responding to the list. Why are you taking it so personally?
Even if he was directing his rant directly at you who cares, are you
Buddha?
Greg
