Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: Self Extracting Files Message-ID: <1991Jun20.055405.6109@uwasa.fi> Date: 20 Jun 91 05:54:05 GMT References: <1991Jun19.140345.18650@bellcore.bellcore.com> <1991Jun20.034508.17792@convex.com> Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland Lines: 24 In article <1991Jun20.034508.17792@convex.com> rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz) writes: > >i am suprised nobody brought another issue up, so i will. i think >it is relevant, too... Perhaps because in the course of time they have been pointed out quite frequently. (But maybe not in this newsgroup). >i am extremely reluctant to advocate self extracting archives for 2 >reasons: 1) in order to get at the stuff, u have to execute something >(meaning more chance of viral infection), and 2) you can only extract >on a particular system. the latter may make sense if what u archived : Yes these are good and relevant points. In fact the ones that are usually deemed problematic. They certainly are why we try to avoid having self-extracting files on our FTP site, with the natural exception of (un)archiving software for obvious logical reasons. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun