Date: 20 Nov 2003 08:31:45 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-chat-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: SCO going after BSD??? Message-ID: <44vfpfp3ni.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20031120072423.GA80697@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20031120013831.GT98272@klapaucius.zer0.org> <000c01c3af1e$b42e9fe0$6801a8c0@Nomad> <20031120072423.GA80697@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:28:04PM -0600, Minnesota Slinky wrote: > > > I talked to a couple of people who do beta testing for Microsoft and > > they said the issue came up a few years ago. According to them (one > > being my father), it has to do with security and virus protection. > > Again, this is second-hand, so take it for what it's worth... > > There's no possible sense in which this can be true. Plain text > attachments do not create a security or virus risk. You're just not being as creative as Microsoft's designers. They've managed to find a way.
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