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On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:25:40 PST, "..." said: > He does bring up an interesting point though. Is there ANY legitimate > reason to allow ANY file attachments through nanog ml? Yet another attack on multipart/signed. Geez. ;) > I can't imagine any legitimate reason for someone to send a file > attachment to EVERY single nanog ml member. A URL pointer to a file would MIME attachments are not the problem. The problem is people who insist on using mail software that fails to address the security considerations of executable content. Compounding the problem are people who insist on confusing "problems with executable MIME attachments" with "problems with all MIME attachments because one vendor ships a product that will execute anything that resembles ones and zeros more than my goldfish does". -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech Attachment:
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