> -----Original Message----- > From: 'Klaus Ethgen' [mailto:kl...@ethgen.de] > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 14:42 > To: Jason Pyeron > Cc: 'Willi Mann'; 849...@bugs.debian.org; > logwatch-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: Bug#849531: [Logwatch-devel] Bug#849531: > Possible security problem,new logwatch sends mails with charset UTF-8 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Am So den 1. Jan 2017 um 20:24 schrieb Jason Pyeron: > > Yes, 8-bit ASCII, here is a translation table. > > ASCII is 7 bit. > > All 8 bit are different encodings.
Sorry, "extended" ascii (code page 437), been using it since 1984 and old naming habits die hard. > > > > Below 128 it is not a problem as UTF-8 is transparent in this > > > range. But > > > above 128 it _is_ a problem. > > > > No, only when not ENCODED properly. > > Well, exactly what I said. > > > UTF-8 is very, very, likely going to stay. > > I would wish that it would die as it is bad designed and have some bad > behaviour, technical wise. > > However, I am realistic enough to know that it will not be possible to > replace UTF-8 with better design's. It is like IPv6, there is > no Plan B. > > Just I will only use UTF-8 where it is cleary specified (like XML) or > where it is the only possible way to go. With everything else I stay > with latin1. But this is just my personal view. > > Regards > Klaus > - -- > Klaus Ethgen > http://www.ethgen.ch/ > pub 4096R/4E20AF1C 2011-05-16 Klaus Ethgen > <kl...@ethgen.ch> > Fingerprint: 85D4 CA42 952C 949B 1753 62B3 79D0 B06F 4E20 AF1C > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Charset: ISO-8859-1 > > iQGzBAEBCgAdFiEEMWF28vh4/UMJJLQEpnwKsYAZ9qwFAlhpW38ACgkQpnwKsYAZ > 9qzrIgwAlGkTGVpJEp1XKYNcpUF2hR7Ie6vlA3xFBfCacCDAjJx5gIrGLkX5d8Ay > rus3hblp/Gv+r+IpzUrRyk5gifBAfaDWVnuj1j8Qi9dLFyhnQaD0LX8/MBgV6wOn > A2/C+XedX1geoZxk7c/m6b59XaWAuN36JK8PJjpoWX/8MNqDoNYAr31gMrZkHwmw > IYZygbLom22qcSq4ZeowWY5ZUX9nqku0/9NNzBYtegB/YIWxbzxWNaOIPhgPouZ5 > Ejjd14NBap4ZT263Bc55L+tvCBX2BU1iFipmKa5pRslexF3UdscR1e20b0wWVTaP > HTkcNJggsNQVUpPYyxp6xUWkmaItZCMSSHC77sv4ur6jnRY8IolUlh+x68ZEayIn > yU5O/rjg3tMbNaZHTOZcNZNtOisNOMm19SOkwNCezKdods8BhAI0z9I7rnDaOumT > HefdprK0CTuylGKdAvBxJv6io3AKkNdTaZ32bFnfE2HtaX77ZNDTgXkmutE1og6t > UeF6fw/T > =Mr6M > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
