On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 02:25, Jeremy Allison <jra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 10:59:27AM +1000, ronnie sahlberg wrote: > > >There are really nice use-cases for ADS where one can store additional > >metadata within the "file" itself. > > "Nice" for virus writers, yeah. A complete swamp for everyone > else :-). Viruses? I don't think they use ADS much since most tools under windows understand ADS. ACE's on the other handd. Which reminds me I need to write that tool to store/retrieve files stored inside "hidden" entries in the security descriptor.