I don't know about deliberate inclusion of the security hole - it looks
more to me like "careless". Feels like it just "was not thought to be
a danger of any kind to security"... (Does the word TITANIC mean anything to
you?)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: THe Value Of Following Standards... (was Re: VIRUS WARNING)
> So if your e-mail software is opening it and feeding it to Visual Basic
> just because it's tagged .vbs even though it's a text/plain, you're
> violating the RFCs.
well there's nothing illegal about violating RFCs.
but it sure seems like the deliberate inclusion of a security hole in
email software would be sufficient grounds for a class action lawsuit.
Keith
