NO...
Rar is Supperior
Zip is Inferior
Zip Compression is Open (ie, can download)
Rar Compression is not.
However,
BANEXT ZIP will not cover RAR
Furthermore, WindowsXP doesn't nativly support
Rar Compression, therefore the risk is low, and most
experienced users who use Rar, Will know this is a
Furthermore, WindowsXP doesn't nativly support Rar Compression, therefore
the risk is low
I know they added TAR, GZ etc. support to WinZIP. Let's hope there isn't
already a version out there that also supports RAR. Then it will appear
with a neat zip icon for easy double-clicking.
Best
It isn't gonna happen, unless rarsoft sells to winzip.
Tar,GZ I believe are open source, so technically, WinZIP
can have them.
note to self: block .tar, .gz
- Original Message -
From: Andy Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declude.Virus@declude.com
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:36 AM
Hm,
It isn't gonna happen, unless rarsoft sells to winzip.
I'm not sure if this it legit:
http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm
But it appears that unrar source code, DLLs etc are readily available to
software developers?
(Even if it was not, Winzip already has command line links for some of the
Hm,
http://www.rarreg.com/licence.php
No person or company may distribute separate parts of the package
== with the exception of the UnRAR components ==,
without written permission of the copyright owner.
So - it looks as if it's an open license for the UnRAR components - and only
the
In fact, I wonder if Declude 2.1 could use those libraries to unrar files
to look inside RAR archives?
How about 1.82? :)
1.82 will treat encrypted .RAR files the same as encrypted .ZIP files, and
will block banned file extensions in .RAR files the same way as it blocks
banned file extensions
1.82 will treat encrypted .RAR files the same as encrypted .ZIP files,
and will block banned file extensions in .RAR files the same way as it
blocks banned file extensions in .ZIP files.
Beautiful!
Now we just need McAfee to scan inside RAR files G
(Globally banning zipped .EXE files is not
- Original Message -
From: Andy Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Now we just need McAfee to scan inside RAR files G
Indeed! Even F-Prot scans inside of .rar files:
=
cat report.txt
Virus scanning report - 27 January 2005 @ 16:46
F-PROT ANTIVIRUS
Program version: 3.16a
Engine version:
