From: Andrew McDermott <andrew.mcdermott@windriver.com>
Subject: Re: ALERT: Emacs GNUS can spread a virus invisibly
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:06:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7mfztxwkts.fsf@modena.swindon.wrsec.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ptt1plj6.fsf@labatt.uhoreg.ca>
Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> writes:
>>>>>> "gm" == Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@canada.com> writes:
>
> gm> This took me by complete surprise, and caused a major embarrassment:
> gm> Emacs GNUS can be fooled into hiding a virus attachment that is
> gm> propagated when the email is forwarded.
>
> [...]
>
> gm> The risk here is considerable: Just because the email looks clean,
> gm> just because your unix-based email program was immune to the effect
> gm> and shows no embedded trap, does not mean there isn't one.
>
> I have
>
> (setq gnus-inhibit-mime-unbuttonizing t)
>
> in my .gnus. That causes gnus to display a list of all the MIME
Which version of gnus? describe-variable gives me:
"undocumented variable."
My gnus is from a daily `cvs up'.
> alternatives. (I /think/ that's the variable -- I can't locate
> documentation for it to confirm.) I suppose you could also frob
> gnus-unbuttonized-mime-types.
>
> --
> Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/
> PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA
> Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA
> Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
--
andy
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[not found] ` <87ptt1plj6.fsf@labatt.uhoreg.ca>
2002-11-19 17:06 ` Andrew McDermott [this message]
2002-11-19 19:37 ` Hubert Chan
[not found] ` <87r8dh1f01.fsf@computer.localdomain>
2002-11-20 1:31 ` Gary Lawrence Murphy
[not found] ` <c73a070e.0211220107.6e01c174@posting.google.com>
[not found] ` <m2smxqem3a.fsf@maya.dyndns.org>
[not found] ` <uwun28njl.fsf@standardandpoors.com>
[not found] ` <87bs4dvqt2.fsf@cremer.esr.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
2002-11-25 14:13 ` Kai Großjohann
[not found] ` <8yzhd91j.fsf@random.localnet.unwireduniverse.com>
2002-12-10 15:17 ` Gary Lawrence Murphy
[not found] ` <87isys1tf3.fsf@saturn.jazzyb.org.uk>
2002-11-25 20:23 ` Chris Brightman
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