Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:33:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:33:35 -0400 Received: from boreas.isi.edu ([128.9.160.161]:4313 "EHLO boreas.isi.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:33:28 -0400 To: Riley Williams cc: Matti Aarnio , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: OT: Virii on vger.kernel.org lists In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:17:13 BST." Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:33:11 -0700 Message-ID: <1661.996618791@ISI.EDU> From: Craig Milo Rogers Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing > > Better than that, simply strip all non-text MIME attachments, or > > bounce the messages containing them. End of story. > >Two problems with that: > > 1. Some virii are text attachments. Your fix doesn't deal wioth them. I'm not aware of the TEXT/PLAIN viruses (ignoring jokes, er, social comments, about the GPL). Could you point me to a sample? > 2. The maintainer of the XXX driver just uploaded a large patch that > fixes a major bug in their driver to the mailing list, and zip'd > it up to reduce its size. You just bounced it... I recall from past discussions that there's considerable sentiment on l-k that zip'd patches are undesirable. If the patch is inconveniently large, it can be split into several messages, or placed on an FTP server. Inconvenient for the developer, maybe, but better for the list as a whole. Separately, I think we've spent enough time with the off-topic topic. Perhaps we can move the discussion offline? Craig Milo Rogers - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/