On 8/24/06, Nick Shank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...
Regardless, I was simply asking if 1) The possibility of a user who has access to the system had been thought of, and 2) Would it matter.
Umm, hasn't this whole discussion been about the situation when the user has access? If they don't have that, then the presence or absence of the compiler is undetectable, no? As for whether it would "matter", you'll have to say what it means to matter. Does removing the compiler mean that the user can't compile "spl01t.c" to "spl01t" on that machine without installing other software? Sure. Does it mean they can't create "spl01t" and thereby exploit the machine? Of course not: removing the compiler does not prevent the creation of binary executables. So, does that count as mattering? Philip Guenther
