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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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