[Mimedefang] Missing Web Attachments

Alberto.daSilva at rmb.co.za Alberto.daSilva at rmb.co.za
Fri Dec 13 09:43:00 EST 2002


Albert E. Whale Wrote:

>Hmm, looks like I missed this piece of data on the attachment's Defang
Warning:
>
>An attachment named Yahoo!.url was removed from this document as it
>constituted a security hazard.  If you require this document, please
contact
>the sender and arrange an alternate means of receiving it.
>
>I believe that this message was mangled because the .url was mentioned in
the
>'Default' Windoze Minimum Bad_Extension Definition.
>
>While I did not write the Bad_Ext, I don't understand the 'danger' of
>transmitting the *.url files to unwitting Windoze users.  What are these
file
>types?

The list of dangerous extension is from MicroSloth:

See  http://office.microsoft.com/Assistance/2000/Out2ksecFAQ.aspx
     http://www.rudolphtire.com/mimedefang-howto/#ss12.4

M$ classified *.url as bad.

Alberto da Silva






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