On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, David Baron wrote: > On Monday 11 September 2006 18:12, John D. Hardin wrote: > > Maybe we need a base rule for URL links directly to executable > > content... > > > > <a > > href="http://www.canaltv.org/postcard.gif.exe";>http://www.e-cards.com/view/ > >CR3090Ztyw5g527673XzW</a> > > Any virus checkers pick this up?
Probably not, as you'd have to visit the link to get something for the virus checker to check. On the server side, it'd have to follow the like to download the executable to scan, and I *really* doubt anyone would want their mail gateway to be doing *that*. This is more a security policy issue - "I don't want to accept email with links directly to executable content". Hence an SA rule. -- John Hardin KA7OHZ ICQ#15735746 http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a [EMAIL PROTECTED] key: 0xB8732E79 - 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A weapons registration phase ... 4) allows for a degree of control to be exercised during the collection phase; 5) assists in the planning of the collection phase; ... -- the UN, who "doesn't want to confiscate guns" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 days until The 219th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution
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