Greeting Greg, you point is for sure true, the gap between virus releasing time and antivirus companies realizing it and updating there virus database could be used to initiate a virus attack, which lead me to another question, maybe the method in which pasting the text on the email is the best of them or i could say the most safest of them. best regardsOmer Gibreel
------------------------------------------------------------------------Omer Gibreel010-8074-0882 // [email protected] // twitter:@OmerGibreelSeoul National UniversityMaster Candidate of Management Information System ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 21:32:21 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Revised Liberationtech Mailing List Guidelines > > This is a good logic, but there is still a problem even if Google scans > uploads. > > Both state and nonstate actors often use zero day vulnerabilities. Since > a zero day has never been seen before, there is no signature for it in > any virus database. > -- > Greg Norcie ([email protected]) > GPG key: 0x1B873635 > > > On 8/3/12 9:10 PM, Omer Gibreel wrote: > > Greeting, > > > > as i have suggested previously, a person could upload the doc file > > to Google doc and select the option of sharing the link publicly, this > > would allow people to access your document online. another method which > > has already been stated before is to just copy and paste the content on > > the email indicating the starting point of the document and the ending > > point. also if you are worried about virus from google doc i have just > > done a search and found out that google doc has an > > internal mechanism for scanning virus from document that are being > > shared. here is more information on that in this page under the subtitle > > security http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=172541, > > > > well i hope this help and if anyone has any > > information concerning the security of accessing document > > using Google doc i hope they can share it with us. i also agree > > with kyrah there is no point in using drop box as it would be as if we > > are downloading a document into out system there is no difference > > between a downloading a file from drop box and a downloading a file from > > a email attachments. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Omer Gibreel > > 010-8074-0882 // [email protected] // twitter:@OmerGibreel > > Seoul National University > > Master Candidate of Management Information System > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > / > > / > > > > > > > >> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 23:42:54 +0200 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Revised Liberationtech Mailing List > > Guidelines > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Many thanks, Yosem, Brian and Nathan for this initiative! > >> > >> > Any sharing that needs to be done can use public Google Docs > >> > or Dropbox links. > >> > >> This may be a silly question, but how exactly does downloading something > >> from a a Dropbox link differ from downloading an email attachment? The > >> basic issue of potentially malicious binaries from a potentially spoofed > >> source is still there, isn't it? > >> > >> Unless I am overlooking something (which may very well be the case), > >> isn't the main issue here about trusting binaries -- regardless whether > >> they are sent as attachments, or as links to some download site? Just > >> thinking aloud here... perhaps the policy could be extended to encourage > >> sharing information in plain text/html whenever possible? > >> > >> Best, kyrah > >> > >> -- > >> For extra security, this message has been encrypted with double-ROT13. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> liberationtech mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > >> Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > >> > >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > >> > >> If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you > > click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a > > daily digest?" > >> > >> You will need the user name and password you receive from the list > > moderator in monthly reminders. 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