Hallo Allie,
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:18:56 -0500 GMT (24/11/2000, 21:18 +0800 GMT),
A . Curtis Martin wrote:
MDP>> You haven't. Nicely put. Although images of themselves are not likely
MDP>> to be viral, the principle stands. More importantly, an off-line mail
MDP>> reader should certainly *not* perform implicit on-line functions, like
MDP>> fetching non in-line images.
ACM> This is an excerpt from a document I read:
ACM> "One approach is to send the victim an e-mail message that contains what
ACM> is known as a webbug or tracking GIF. This is a URL referring to an
ACM> image file
They are better than that. An HTML file can contain an image than is
one pixel big, but contains an FTP command. This way, you FTP some
info to the server without even knowing it.
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Cheers,
Thomas.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the
next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
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