On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:45:37 -0400, Ethan Baldridge <et...@superiordocumentservices.com> wrote:
> This is broken - Nautilus should be using magic numbers, not extensions. > If the .bin file is actually an executable shell script it shouldn't be > assumed to be a Mac OSX binary. You should file a bug report. I haven't > noticed this behavior yet, but it's definitely broken if you're right. I'll do that. as soon as i remember from where I've downloaded the '.bin' (...could have been 'Titanium'?) > Sorry, but IMO this is an awful idea - file operations should not be > dependent on arbitrary parts of the filename. See your problem with .bin > files above for an example why not. I have to accept that the .bin recognition will not solve the malware problem, but nowadays if a double click an '.exe' expecting to have a wine application there's no guarantee that i will have this really. > To help prevent malware, I would say a better idea would be to issue a > warning if running an executable file from outside of $PATH. "You are > about to run a non-system executable. If you do not expect this file to > be an executable program or you do not trust the source, please cancel > the operation. [More Info] [Execute] [Cancel]" or something like that. This could be a good idea, but you are forgetting non-GNU applications like Quake Wars, for example. If the user (maybe a noob) download a file and it's a '.bin' he will get this message... I would get afraid. But I see your point and I think that beyond going to change the way that the bianries are treated, we should focus on how the user is dealing with them. And, your idea is better. +1 to implement this. Greetings. dael. PD: be sure to put ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com in the to address, we don't want to exclude the others. (in such case you have my mail). -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
