the problem with a lot of MS software ( I was going to say all, but then someone would respond with exceptions....) is that they have stood the security procedures on their head and many current ills stem from that....
e.g. they started with the OLE concept ( Word) and extended this into ActiveX... Instead of say for example with JavaScript (and that is of course not infallible) with your virtual machine restricting what may be run on your computer, Word macros and websites that use ActiveX require that you trust the sender/web site maker, AND that their machines are clean, AND that the website hasn't been hacked and modified AND their motives are pure as the angels..... At best Active X allows spyware, at worst identity theft and crashes......and then there are those who won't allow Javascript to run but cheerfully allow ActiveX, lol So if you follow normal security rather than MS approach, I am afraid you don't allow anything that you cannot control.............. Why do so many corporate firewalls disallow attachments and html email.....see above, lol ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Precious" Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 7:04 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: [not OT] Serious advice!!! : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : Hash: SHA1 : : On Tuesday 06 April 2004 18:01, rudy wrote: : > > I'm afraid I fail to see the point of having access to the web : > > and email if you aren't going to receive - either via : > > download or from clients etc - documents as attachments. : > : > you've swallowed the microsoft philosophy hook, line, and sinker : > : > web = html, email = text : > : > anything else is evil : > : > who says a "document" has to be in a format that might contain some worm : > or virus? : > : > who says? anybody already assimilated by the microsoft borg : : Amen rudy! : : I just dump M$ Office completely and use OpenOffice, it'll still open/save : M$ Office files, but without the absolutely cretinous idea of allowing : executable code within a document. Why, oh why, oh why does a document : need executable code (macros) in it? The only exception would be : spreadsheets - in which case, the macro code should be able to change : things relating to that document ONLY (to perform calculations etc) and : NOTHING else. : : I use KMail as my email client, without HTML-mode enabled. I also use : SpamAssassin and ClamAV to ensure my mail is clean. However, the viruses : don't matter to me anyway - I only have ClamAV on my server to save me : from downloading big virus attachments then deleting them. : : Cheers : : Dave P : : : : : - -- : David Precious : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.preshweb.co.uk : : Common sense is what tells you the world is flat : : : : : All emails PGP signed - PGP key at: : http://www.preshweb.co.uk/aboutme/keys.php : : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- : Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) : : iD8DBQFAcv9Kn5YXkShpEpcRAgY3AKDF58IAjacOosToSvG0H0ZIsv7wFQCggiHz : CCG/u1GaW9aaX6/i53e6DFg= : =7c/Q : -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- : : ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ : To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. : To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: : http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub : : ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ : : You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% : : To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: : Jupitermedia Corp. : Attn: Discussion List Management : 475 Park Avenue South : New York, NY 10016 : : Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. : : : --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.651 / Virus Database: 417 - Release Date: 5/04 ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
