On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Shawn wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:19:12 -0600
> The Wandering Dru <dru at druswanderings.net> wrote:
>
> > I would be that someone else.  And it doesn't really have to do with
> > stability.  I just don't want my server compiling software.  It has
> > more important things to do, like serving stuff.  If I need to
> > compile a certain program, I usually compile the package elsewhere
> > and then install it on the server.  I don't even put compilers on my
> > servers.
> >
>
> Out of curiosity, why not have compilers on servers?  I could see if
> it's a heavily intensive compile, but to me it makes sense to have a
> compiler on a server.  Unless of course, it's a security concern such
> as an external facing webserver or firewall that will never compile
> code and only serve.
>
In security thinking a compiler allows you to generate native
executables on the server, so you can have a more portable attack.

In practical terms x86 Linux systems are common enough that this
is less of a concern than in years past.

-- 
Daniel Taylor
dante at argle.org
Forget diamonds, Copyright is forever.


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