[Mimedefang] Filtering attachments based on content-type instead of name

[David F. Skoll]

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Dave Williss wrote:

> Wouldn't it be much safer to block all application/octet-streams
> regardless of extension?

No, that's too broad.  "application/octet-stream" is a catchall category
which means "a blob of binary data."  You'd block too many things if
you blocked that type.

> Or might there be some legitimate reason somebody would be
> sending applications via email?

The "application" doesn't mean "executable".  It's a poor choice
of terminology, I guess.

--
David.