On Wed, 05 Sep 2001 23:41:11 +0300, Cristian Burneci wrote: > Mesajul original a fost trimis de Flip ter Biecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> la data > de Wed, 05 Sep 2001 01:16:44 +0200 >> Well now that you're at it: >> Can you verify that I sent two messages over the arachne list mentioning >> attacks from Oscar Diaz, who apparantly executed Helmut's sample? > I have received then both, packed inside the arachne digest. One of them > contained detailed information about the virus. Thanks to you, the number of > the potential victims on this list, surely decreased in size :-) > The same maildrop contained also a message, apparently from Oscar Diaz, in > fact the well known Badtrans virus posting. So, I am a victim of the virus > atack, too. I haven't received the newest digest yet, but I suppose more than > a few listmembers had received such postings in the meantime. > Reamarcably how a hasty decision from Helmut's part (to send the virus to the > list) could lead to such an unpleasant surprise :-( One should think > carefully about it before posting something pottentialy dangerous on a > *discussion list*. Maybe the obvious solution is forbidding binary > attachements on the list from now on (although this rule has never been > officially imposed . most of the listmembers respected it in the past, like it > had been there) > Cristian Burneci In my opinion the posting of very small binaries should be allowed. A size limitation of about 10 KB ought to be imposed. In the future all messages sent to the list should be scanned for virii before becoming available for download by list members. I hope this could be arranged and I hope my fellow list members might agree with me on this proposal. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
