Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting David Mandelberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > >>You also asked a question about something I didn't say (I said that >>the person had to open it). > > > Actually, no, you didn't. (Presumably you intended to, though.) > > Your question spoke of "opening" a particularly-named attachment: You > left unstated who or what was supposed to be doing the opening. Since > this was in the context of MUAs, I inferred that you meant the MUA doing > it -- that being a standard application-security problem. > > Specifically, you said: > > >>Do you mean to say that opening "message.txt\t\t\t.desktop" which >>happens to be a freedesktop.org compliant launcher for the program "rm >>-rf $HOME" is safe because it's designed for people running one of the >>F/OSS products GNOME or KDE on a F/OSS OS? > > > Since (it turns out) you meant people _manually_ shooting themselves in > the foot, that is indeed a different scenario from what I thought you > meant. > > So, I'm sorry for inadvertantly stepping on your scenario, but it was an > honest and straightforward interpretation of what you said. > > Ok, I guess I should be more clear with my use of language next time, sorry.
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