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From: iverson@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Tim Iverson)
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Subject: Re: Standard format for ARCed files
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Date: 19 Mar 88 05:54:21 GMT
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In article <5506@swan.ulowell.edu> boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu (SoftXcCoordinator) writes:
>I had no intention when I originally posted about the self-extracting
>archives of alienating anybody. I had forgotten about those of you who use
>the UNIX ARC program, as I was never able to get it to work properly. Now
>that I have a working version, I understand your purpose. As far as
>concealing trojans within them, I think it is the duty of the moderator to
>test them before posting, preventing trojans from reaching the net. If a
>trojan was posted, then everybody knows who to blame.

Of course it is the duty of the moderator to supress trojans.  However, it
is apparently rather easy to circumvent moderation and post whatever you
like.  This has happened a few times in the past and will undoubtably happen
in the future.  Self-extracting archives make the situation much more
dangerous, since the program must be run for the archive to be extracted.


- Tim Iverson
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