Re: Cygwin and Windows Vista support

[Greg Youngdahl <gyoungdahl at sbcglobal dot net>]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> Carlo Florendo wrote:
>
> > Neeraj Garg (TRANSPORT) wrote:
> >
> > > I am not sure if that was request for help or just a witty comment 
> > > back.  I am willing to help Cygwin dev get in touch with appropriate 
> > > folks in Windows Vista team to resolve the issue.
> > >   
> >
> >
> > It was a witty comment and it really involves the windows kernel.   In 
> > any case, please do all you can so that your Vista team contacts read 
> > this (c/o Corinna Vinschen)
> >
> > http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1020271&SiteID=1&mode=1 
> > <http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1020271&SiteID=1&mode=1> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I know CreateProcess call should have worked.  
> >
> >
> > Yes, it should have, at least, in older windows versions.  But vista 
> > has had some sort of security elevation issues that causes process 
> > creation problems.
> >
> > > I am not in that team to give you information on what has changed in 
> > > Vista compared to XP.  All I can say is that I would like to see the 
> > > product fixed and am willing to offer help.
> > >
> > > PS:  Some Vista users mentioned to me that Cygwin does not work and 
> > > hence I am involved to make sure we can work together to make it work.
> > >
> > > If any dev would like to work with Vista dev team to get the product 
> > > ready soon, please let me know.
> > >
> > > Neeraj
> > >   
> >
> >
> >
> > There have been discussions lately, precisely on process spawning on 
> > Cygwin. It appears to be a serious "security" bug on Vista.  For 
> > details, read the thread started by Corinna Vinschen (senior cygwin 
> > developer) on:

Wholy crap - Microsoft really is insane.  This is not a "security bug", 
it is yet another example of the sort of design philosophy that makes 
Windows the pile of S**t that it is.  6 million lines (Vista is 
presumably much more than even that - thats the number I heard for XP) 
of that kind of thinking is why virus/spy authors have such an easy 
task.  Microsoft really doesn't have any idea what it takes to make a 
system secure, do they?

--
Greg

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