RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-22 Thread Jason Coombs
Nick FitzGerald will probably have the last word on this after the debilitating blow delivered thus by his over-achieving intellect: Ah, but Nick, I *DO* have omniscient access to the non-mythical IP-to-user mapping list -- and so do you. ... No, we don't. It then can post from that machine

RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-21 Thread Jason Coombs
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source Jason Coombs [EMAIL PROTECTED], whose input is usually intelligent, considered and well-reasoned, chose to fall from his pedestal thus

RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-21 Thread Jason Coombs
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source Jason Coombs [EMAIL PROTECTED], whose input is usually intelligent, considered and well-reasoned, chose to fall from his pedestal thus

RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-21 Thread Jason Coombs
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source Jason Coombs [EMAIL PROTECTED], whose input is usually intelligent, considered and well-reasoned, chose to fall from his pedestal thus

RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-20 Thread Jason Coombs
Curt Purdy opined: FWIW I disagree with any moderation at all. The point is, this is a FREE forum, one of the few left in the world. I agree completely. The sobig spam is valuable -- it shows us who we should not trust to operate a computer. It also reveals the identity of people who have us

RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-20 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Jason, I agree completely. The sobig spam is valuable -- it shows us who we should not trust to operate a computer. That's NOT the case. These are forge addresses, you don't even know the real sender (OK, some header analysis could help... But very limited). If you sent mail to someone who

Re: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-20 Thread Dietmar Goldbeck
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 09:25:38AM -1000, Jason Coombs wrote: Curt Purdy opined: FWIW I disagree with any moderation at all. The point is, this is a FREE forum, one of the few left in the world. I agree completely. The sobig spam is valuable -- it shows us who we should not trust to

RE: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-19 Thread Steve Wray
Its invaluable to be able to get access to some of these binaries, for development of IDS sigs and so forth, to give just one example. I would hate to see a blanket ban, however if it were possible to have attachments stored on a website and the email attachment replaced with a link to the binary

RE: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-19 Thread Curt Purdy
FWIW I disagree with any moderation at all. If I have to put up with all of the stupid fat on here to get the meat that does come, I can take care of myself with executables. If someone is afraid of getting hacked, they have no business on this list. The only downside I see is network bandwidth

Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-18 Thread Stephen Clowater
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Re: Fwd: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

2003-08-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:12:42 -0300, Stephen Clowater [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Personally,I think FD should bounce back any message with a binary attachement to the poster. This is not a 0day exploit list, if you cant compile it yourself, you shouldnt have the binary :) OK. Who on the list