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Maybe this will convince you
"I personally think that once people have learned how to go
through the extra motions to execute an attachment, they
will simply do so"

And I would agree with you. However, imagine an OS that
can even prevent using the extra motions!

Mount the users write-able directories (eg /home, /tmp,
others) directories as a separate partition with the NOEXEC
option.

Then even if the users saves the attachment, sets the
executable bit, they still won't be able to execute anything.
Protects from user software sourced by ftp, http, disk, etc.
Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 02/24/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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