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Subject: Re: internet virus - A myth?
From: Rich Pieri <rich . pieri @ prescienttech . com>
Date: 16 Apr 1997 10:21:43 -0400
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Marc Musse's message of Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:29:27 +0000
References: <3354C627.41C6@stuttgart.de>

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>>>>> "MM" == Marc Musse <ms@stuttgart.de> writes:

MM> Mail clients like Navigator do not only display Mail, they can also
MM> "execute" inline links, immediately without any action from the user.

And therein lies the problem.  Anything that automatically executes foreign
code on a system without user intervention is a security hole the size of
the Grand Canyon.

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