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1968/1973 15 May 89 07:09:22
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From: Tom Hendricks
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To: All
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Subj: WARNING on PKZIP/UNZIP!!!!!!
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Attr:
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This message was sent thru the SDS Coordinator's Echo, with a pretty stern
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warning on the use of Zip.
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The SDS has been asked by several of its members to BAN the use of Zipped
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Files because of the ability to embed practically anything in its comments
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field, which are shown anytime anything is done with the packet.
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I debabted whether or not to relate this here, as the information is
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particularly sensitive to SYSOP's and if this gets out to people - the full
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scale assaults might begin.
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Suffice it to say, it can be used in any setting, uploads or even net-mail.
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-Tom-
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What follows, is an article I received for MetroLink, the Net 107 newsletter.
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Just thought it may be of interest to you all!
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|< ELLER'S |< ORNER
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By:
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Pete Keller
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Fido 1:107/322
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Fido 1:107/522
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SYSOP'S BEWARE!
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FILES UPLOADED TO YOUR SYSTEM THAT HAVE BEEN COMPRESSED UTILIZING
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PHIL KATZ'S PKZIP/PKUNZIP UTILITY COULD CRASH YOUR SYSTEM WHEN
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UNZIPPED!
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The following notice was recently retrieved while scanning
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through the file areas on a California BBS and is onpassed for
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your information and/or action:
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----- Quote -----
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TURBOCITY BBS
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P O Box 512
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Ripon CA 95366
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(209) 599-7435
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Member of International FidoNet
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NetMail Address: 1:161/11
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Gary & Pam Lagier: Sysops
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Closed for Mail Activity every Day
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4:30am to 5:15am
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Home Of BeeLine
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System News as of May 3 1989
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ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!
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As most of you know it is possible to reprogram your
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keyboard (and other things) using ANSI Escape sequences. What may
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not be so readily apparent, however, is that Phil Katz' ZIP
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programs will allow the use of ANSI in the comments section. This
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means that everytime you do anything to that ZIP file which
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causes the comment to be displayed you run the risk of having
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your keyboard redefined. I have received several such "innocent
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looking" files in the last two weeks. One caused my F1 key to
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display a wide DOS Directory, the other attempted to delete all
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files on my hard drive! (It would have worked but I had turned
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off the hard drive before testing that file - whew!)
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TurboCity BBS is handling this newest nonsense in three ways:
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1. We will not display any uploaded files until the nightly
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clean-up routine strips all comments from ZIPped files.
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2. We suggest strongly that you download a file from our
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selection, called STRIPZ11.ZIP. (It has been checked by
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me for any damaging comments). Then run every single
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ZIPped file you have or get thru that program! This
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should be the very first thing you do when you get a new
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ZIPped file. If you follow this then you will not have
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any trouble (with this particular nonsense, anyway).
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3. TurboCity will post a series of files designed to educate
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one on how to use ANSI Escape Sequences in various tasks.
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-----------snip---------
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Thats the jest of the article. Take care & beware! Don
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--- msged 1.9972S ZTC
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* Origin: BBS'ing since '81 - is it any wonder I'm crazy??? (1:261/662)
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