Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 10 Jul 1996 17:25:01 -0700 (PDT) | From | Jason Eggleston <> | Subject | Re: Javaconfig? |
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On Tue, 9 Jul 1996, Eric Plante wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jul 1996, Andrew E. Mileski wrote: > > True, and I don't think it should be included in the distribution either, > but it would be _really_ nice if someone could run this thing on a web > page, which would then compile the kernel remotely and then place the > binary somewhere where you can fetch it from ftp.. Of course you have to > take the risk of running something you haven't compiled, but people do > that everyday with crappy shareware (well, sometimes crappy) on other > operating systems...
True, but who wants to put that kind of a security leak on a kernel? The host would have to be extremely reliable and dang near a super computer if it became popular.
Linux is probably expected to be more secure than those other operating systems. I do like the idea of remote compilation, if it can be secure and fast. I just wonder who would/could do it.
Jason Eggleston http://www.eggleston.com/
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