From: Brian May <bmay@csse.monash.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Making Gnus more worm-safe
Date: 08 May 2000 10:15:48 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x3raei1j3rf.fsf@lyell.csse.monash.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Per Abrahamsen's message of "Fri, 05 May 2000 12:47:33 +0200"
>>>>> "Per" == Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:
Per> I object on the following grounds:
I don't care either way, but I think another point is significant:
Per> 1. Gnus already asks.
Per> 2. Gnus shows the code before executing it.
Per> 3. Compared to MS Outlook, there is a lot fewer Gnus users,
Per> and they are typically more experienced. This makes it hard
Per> for a virus/worm to propagate.
4. You typically expect a LISP file to contain executable code, but
normally wouldn't expect a *.DOC file to. Not only that, but some
people send genuine doc files (some include unwanted features), and it
is awkward for most end users to reconfigure the computer to safely
display the file.
Stupid! gs has had the -dSAFER option for how many years now? I am
under the impression that the software manufacture in question doesn't
care about security issues like this, or it would have been fixed by
now.
--
Brian May <bmay@csse.monash.edu.au>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-05-08 0:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-05-05 5:45 Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 7:14 ` Pavel Janík ml.
2000-05-05 9:30 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 7:23 ` William M. Perry
2000-05-05 9:39 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 10:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-05 10:52 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 8:21 ` Hrvoje Niksic
2000-05-05 9:10 ` Bjørn Mork
2000-05-05 9:33 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-05 10:14 ` Hrvoje Niksic
2000-05-05 11:05 ` Bjørn Mork
2000-05-05 11:52 ` Hrvoje Niksic
2000-05-05 18:07 ` Felix Lee
2000-05-05 19:28 ` Bruce Stephens
2000-05-05 20:54 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-06 19:26 ` Michael Harnois
2000-05-06 21:10 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-06 7:25 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 9:40 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 10:14 ` Hrvoje Niksic
2000-05-06 7:28 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-06 10:41 ` Bud Rogers
2000-05-05 10:47 ` Per Abrahamsen
2000-05-05 14:11 ` Laura Conrad
2000-05-05 20:49 ` Laura Conrad
2000-05-08 0:15 ` Brian May [this message]
2000-05-08 13:57 ` Alan Shutko
2000-05-08 17:20 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-08 6:48 ` Soeren Laursen
2000-12-04 4:21 ` Greg Stark
2000-12-04 19:16 ` Prefer text/x-emacs-lisp to application/x-emacs-lisp? Raja R Harinath
2000-12-05 11:28 ` Per Abrahamsen
2000-05-08 14:32 ` Making Gnus more worm-safe Toby Speight
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