[44769] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Wed Dec 12 09:56:17 2001
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: Joe Abley <jabley@automagic.org>
Cc: Larry Diffey <ldiffey@technologyforward.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 07:54:24 -0700
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> I'm sure this is not what you meant, but I have noticed recently
> that many less-technically-inclined people seem to think that "the
> attachment" is the dangerous thing, almost as if the "technology of
> attachments" is somehow flawed and risky.
i think it is
flawed - mime does not make things compatible, but rater codifies
incompatibility. the sender things that, because they can send it,
the receiver can understand it.
risky - as it allows encapsulation of executables, and the masses
do not understand the concept, it opens up a channel to deeper in
some recipients' systems than these naive users may be aware. but
like other tools, the misuse is not in the tool, but the mis-user.
otoh, the user could be better warned, and the toolmaker could
make the default installation safer for the recipient.
randy
