On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 10:15:01PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > for xecurity reasons, you should not have a compiler installed > on a firewall. A compiler is a powerfull tool for an attacker - so he > should not find one on a firewall.
I'm sorry but this is false. A compiler is NOT a dangerous tool. It is entirely unprivileged. An attacker can easily compile code on a similar system and upload it to the target system, install a compiler on the target system, or build a cross compiler on his/her own system if necessary. _______________________________________________ distcc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.samba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/distcc
