[Cialug] cygwin implications and concerns?

[Todd Pierce]

Regarding Cygwin,

I don't quite have two cents worth, but I can say that the Cygwin folks
have just started to get Posix (fifo) pipes working.  Pipes do seem to work
with the command line programs (cat,ls, etc.) but the pipes can't seem to
be opened/read/written from within the CLISP interpreter that I'm using.
So, we may have to wait for all the programs built for Cygwin to be rebuilt
to take advantage of that new functionality.

-T

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:57 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 10 May 2012, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>
> > Is anyone familiar with any security or stability implications to
> running Cygwin on Windows 7?
> >
> How about Server 2008?
>
> > Does the Windows 7 networking level control access to Cygwin?
> >
> Windows had not access to Cygwin.
>
> > Do the Cygwin processes create a drain on the machine?
> >
> No more than a standard application.
>
> > Is the Cygwin subsystem always active, or only when used?
> >
> Only when the Cygwin dll is loaded. to Windoze, it's just another
> application. The only 'hook' that I have use is Cygrunsrv.exe, which can
> access the listed services.
>
> > It has been a long time since I installed Cygwin and I'd like to hear
> > from folks with experience or expertise.
> >
> We use it all the time to support reverse ssh tunnels & admin access to
> remote machines [behind firewalls].
>
> It can be a bit tricky getting a Cygwin service registered properly to
> autostart (a la AutoSSH), but if you need any tips for that contact me
> offline.
>
>        Lee
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