Installing a compiler by default

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 04:19:30PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> If someone cracks a system don't you think they could just compile on
> their local machine and upload binaries?  I really don't understand the
> argument that having a compiler installed is a security issue.

The concern is about automated attacks, which take advantage of assumptions
about which tools and facilities are available.

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 - mdz