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- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- References: <jdjiviqtgtf.fsf@neppari.cs.hut.fi> <1264.6579T945T2649@ipacific.net.au> <4crjnb$gr8@redstone.interpath.net> <54422@babylon.pfm-mainz.de> <4d8toc$nta@redstone.interpath.net>
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- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 19:49:54 EDT
- Organization: Only if you insist...
-
- In article <4d8toc$nta@redstone.interpath.net> jamie@jamie.interpath.net (Jim Cooper) writes:
- > In article <54422@babylon.pfm-mainz.de> rbabel@babylon.pfm-mainz.de (Ralph Babel) writes:
- > > What if someone received the following AmigaGuide attachment?
- > >
- > > [nasty, evil AmigaGuide commands deleted]
- >
- > The same thing that would happen if you downloaded a file from AmiNET with
- > those commands, and read it in the normal manner.
- >
- > > The following patches ...
- > >
- > > [offsets/changes deleted]
- > >
- > > .... will disable onopen, onclose, rx, rxs, and system.
- >
- > Yep, and make AmigaGuide a lot less useful.
- >
- > I think I'll just go disable all the Open/Write entry points in my system,
- > so nobody can possibly do anything bad to the data I have...
- >
- > There *is* such as thing as over-reacting, Ralph.
-
- A document viewed in any _viewer_ should not update anything on
- any system without providing the user with an opportunity to
- first deny that request.
-
- These types of discussions happen at length on the MIME lists.
-
- EMail Shall Not Update.
-
- I gotta agree with Ralph. If AmigaGuide doesn't provide a secure
- mode, then those commands should either be stripped (and the user
- informed that the email was modified) or the document should not
- be passed to AmigaGuide.
- --
- // Michael B. Smith
- \X/ mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us
-