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Re: content of a tarball contains a bad file name

From: <kfogel_at_collab.net>
Date: 2004-06-16 15:29:44 CEST

"Kraus, Niki" <Niki.Kraus@3beg.at> writes:
> I've seen that the current content of a tarball
> (orca-snapshot-r332.tar.bz2) contains a HACKING file. Pls
> consider that this might cause more and more problems in the future
> due to more restrictive security policies in the IT world. If someone
> wants to download it and like in our case the companies filter
> software (Aladdins eSafe) checks the tarball during the download, it
> stopps after 2/3 - which was wondering me. Of course it's not a bad
> signature, but only the word "hacking".
>
> The orca developer Blair Zajac [blair@orcaware.com] gave me
> the hint to tell you this situation.

Yes, and at airports they should also stop anyone with "BOMB" written
on their luggage... :-)

This is the first time we've heard of this problem, so I'd like not to
change it just because of one incident. If it causes a widespread
problem, that might be different... though the word "hacking" really
does have an entirely innocent meaning, with a long history behind it,
and it would be a pity to give that up.

-Karl

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