Simon Stelling wrote: > Chris Gianelloni wrote: > >>Filtering the lists leads to a slippery slope. What happens when you >>start getting false positives? > > > True, but why not filtering binary attachments? *If* you have to send an > attachment to these lists, it should either be plain text or your > gpg-signature.
Why allow attachments at all? Most of us, if we have something to
share, can stick it up on a little bit of webspace for people to
download at their leisure.
This method is also more efficient too... as those who aren't interested
don't end up having to download it regardless, and also, base64 encoded
files are always slightly larger than the equivalent binary file.
Certainly, it should be safe to block *.{exe,com,bat,pif,zip}. Very few
viruses pick file formats other than those listed... and those are ones
rarely used on Linux. (.zip is about the most common of the lot... the
rest are Windows-specific)
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