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Re: Finally managed to create a jailed SFTP server, but how secure?
- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:51:49 -0500
- Subject: Re: Finally managed to create a jailed SFTP server, but how secure?
- References: <664060.6380.qm@web34704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
TheO wrote:
<snip>
As far as I am concerned, user's view is restricted enough to what I
allow them to see and do. If I revoke user's rights to write to any directory
except /jail/home/user, then he should only be able to upload files to his
jailed home directory.
My question is, how secure is Cygwin as SFTP server set up this way? Is
there any security hole I don't know yet?
Security from the standpoint of access to the remote file system and
processes come from the security measures put in place under Windows
on the remote system. SFTP under Cygwin will not provide this. It
only provids encrypted transport.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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