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Simon Stelling wrote: |
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> Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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>>Filtering the lists leads to a slippery slope. What happens when you |
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>>start getting false positives? |
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> True, but why not filtering binary attachments? *If* you have to send an |
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> attachment to these lists, it should either be plain text or your |
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> gpg-signature. |
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Why allow attachments at all? Most of us, if we have something to |
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share, can stick it up on a little bit of webspace for people to |
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download at their leisure. |
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This method is also more efficient too... as those who aren't interested |
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don't end up having to download it regardless, and also, base64 encoded |
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files are always slightly larger than the equivalent binary file. |
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Certainly, it should be safe to block *.{exe,com,bat,pif,zip}. Very few |
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viruses pick file formats other than those listed... and those are ones |
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rarely used on Linux. (.zip is about the most common of the lot... the |
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rest are Windows-specific) |
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