[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Image mode
From: |
Slawomir Nowaczyk |
Subject: |
Re: Image mode |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:55:40 +0100 |
On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:41:07 -0500
Chong Yidong <address@hidden> wrote:
#> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
#>
#> > The consensus seems to be that the way to handle the (hypothetical)
#> > risk of security holes due to image library bugs is to patch the image
#> > libraries if such bugs are found, NOT to hobble image display in
#> > programs that use them.
#> >
#> > Can you say where you've seen this concensus affirmed?
#> > Who is it a consensus among? I want to get some idea of
#> > how much we can trust their judgment.
#>
#> It is an implicit conclusion, drawn from the fact that no other
#> graphical program prompts users before displaying images.
"No other" is an overstatement, I suppose, since my email client does
not display attached images by itself. I have just tested, however, with
Opera mailer and -- to my surprise -- it did just that...
--
Best wishes,
Slawomir Nowaczyk
( address@hidden )
A few weeks of developing and testing can save a whole
afternoon in the library.
- Re: Image mode, (continued)
- Re: Image mode, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/05
- Re: Image mode, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/02/05
- RE: Image mode, Drew Adams, 2007/02/05
- Re: Image mode, David Kastrup, 2007/02/06
- Re: Image mode, Slawomir Nowaczyk, 2007/02/06
- Re: Image mode, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/05
- Re: Image mode, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/02/05
- Re: Image mode, Chong Yidong, 2007/02/05
- Re: Image mode, Richard Stallman, 2007/02/06
- Re: Image mode, Chong Yidong, 2007/02/06
- Re: Image mode,
Slawomir Nowaczyk <=
Re: Image mode, David Kastrup, 2007/02/05
Re: Image mode, Chong Yidong, 2007/02/07
- Re: Image mode, Stuart D. Herring, 2007/02/07
- Re: Image mode, Chong Yidong, 2007/02/07
- Re: Image mode, Stefan Monnier, 2007/02/07
- Re: Image mode, Stuart D. Herring, 2007/02/07
- Re: Image mode, Stefan Monnier, 2007/02/07
Re: Image mode, Jason Rumney, 2007/02/08
Re: Image mode, Stefan Monnier, 2007/02/08