> > So your method wouldn't work to smuggle an EXE in to *our*
network.
> > 'Course, if you're really determined you can just pack it up in
some
> > obscure format ... say by binhexing it, then bzipping it...
> >
>
> Not quite true. There's no point in a baddie sending you a
> BinHex'ed/GZIP'ed file as you're not going to be bothered finding out
how to open it.
This discussion wasn't about how a "baddie" could send in an EXE .. it
was about how an authorized internal user could smuggle one in.
Which again makes the point that FIREWALLS PROVIDE NEXT TO NO DEFENSE
AGAINST INSIDERS WITH BAD INTENTIONS.
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