From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jun 26 8:30:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from cithaeron.argolis.org (pool-138-88-127-183.res.east.verizon.net [138.88.127.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5795737B7CD for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:28:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cithaeron.argolis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cithaeron.argolis.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5QFSlIK021766; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:28:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from piechota@argolis.org) Received: from localhost (piechota@localhost) by cithaeron.argolis.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id g5QFSlDC021763; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:28:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: cithaeron.argolis.org: piechota owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:28:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Piechota To: Albert Martinez Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Viruses attaahce to emails in this mailing list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020626112400.F7517-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Albert Martinez wrote: > Hmm, interesting, virus delivery via attachments on a security list. What > reason is there for this list to allow attachments? Why wouldn't somebody > protect themselves from these virii? This one rolls around just about everytime a virus does come along. The reason for attachments is every so often people will post up a patch or a log file as an attachment. This was regarded as "A good thing". I do protect myself from the attachments, I use a UNIX mail reader that doesn't try to give me a great email experience. The more indepth answers for this debate are in the archives. -- Matt Piechota To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message