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. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list