On 08/30/2010 10:25 PM, Takehiko Abe wrote: > heh. To me it looks like many fedora users are so much traumatized by > Windows insecurity that they brought the same habits into computing on > Linux which are not necessary -- like fearing HTML mail or feeling > vulnerable without firewall or other security enhancing softwares... It is up to the individual to decided on the level of security they desire. Some may consider certain precautions to be based on paranoia. I think you know that it is certainly possible to deploy a web server and applications on the web server which, if done improperly, could expose the system to unnecessary risks. And, you should also know that certain selinux policies are designed to mitigate that risk. One could argue that the perfect web server designer/administrator doesn't need that sort of protection...but when you find perfect programmers please let me know. As for "fear" of HTML email... Most of the aversion to HTML mail on this list is due to the added size of the message. Me, I don't care about the size. What has turned me off on HTML email is the way some people/companies abuse it. There was this one company, from northern Asia, that sent messages in HTML with 1 pixel images embedded to be retrieved from their web server. Each message they sent had a different image embedded such that they could match the message with the image retrieval and know that the message was opened/displayed by someone. This was their way of getting around people refusing to "acknowledge receipt". -- If only you knew she loved you, you could face the uncertainty of whether you love her. 葛斯克 愛德華 / 台北市八德路四段
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