hey... then I suggest launching the ftp/http client with --evilbit=0 option ;->
-- deejay > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:cisco-nsp- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Gert Doering > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:44 AM > To: Nick Hilliard > Cc: Gert Doering; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Download manager hell and latest Windows VPN > Client? > > Hi, > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:04:02AM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote: > > On 24/09/2009 08:38, Gert Doering wrote: > > >Fill in a web form once, claim "yes, I'm no terrorist!", and then > the > > >FTP servers put you into a "he's no terrorist, may download crypto > > >software" group... > > > > > >This is really "Internet 0.9" knowledge. > > > > You're ignoring the possibility that people change over time. What > if a > > person was a regular joe soap on the day that they filled out this > web > > form, but had become a terrorist within a short period of time? How > would > > your single form proposal cope with this, pray tell? Filling in the > > terrorism / nuclear arms shipment / bioweapons form each time is > designed > > precisely to deal with smart alecs who think that they can get around > arms > > embargoes like this. > > Well. You sound very serious, but I'm *sure* that you're making fun of > me. > > (Of course, terrorists would never lie regarding the "I'm no > terrorist!" > statement). > > gert > -- > USENET is *not* the non-clickable part of WWW! > > //www.muc.de/~gert/ > Gert Doering - Munich, Germany > [email protected] > fax: +49-89-35655025 [email protected] > muenchen.de > > > __________ Informacia od ESET NOD32 Antivirus, verzia databazy 4452 > (20090924) __________ > > Tuto spravu preveril ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.sk > __________ Informacia od ESET NOD32 Antivirus, verzia databazy 4452 (20090924) __________ Tuto spravu preveril ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.sk _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
