From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Nov 20 05:31:47 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7321316A4CE
	for <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:31:47 -0800 (PST)
Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B72A843FD7
	for <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:31:46 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from freebsd-chat-local@be-well.ilk.org)
Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.200.37])
          by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP
          id <2003112013314601300mlm3qe>; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:31:46 +0000
Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147)
	id 040D23A; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:31:45 -0500 (EST)
Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org
To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
References: <20031120013831.GT98272@klapaucius.zer0.org>
	<000c01c3af1e$b42e9fe0$6801a8c0@Nomad>
	<20031120072423.GA80697@xor.obsecurity.org>
From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-chat-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: 20 Nov 2003 08:31:45 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20031120072423.GA80697@xor.obsecurity.org>
Message-ID: <44vfpfp3ni.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
Lines: 14
User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: SCO going after BSD???
X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Non technical items related to the community
	<freebsd-chat.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat>,
	<mailto:freebsd-chat-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-chat-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat>,
	<mailto:freebsd-chat-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:31:47 -0000

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.