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Re: Format of embedded graphics
From: nodialtone <nodialtone () comcast net>
Date: 29 Dec 2005 08:49:53 -0500
Really? Then why did I just get that image just fine? Gimp opens it up just fine. On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 08:43, Gadi Evron wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Larry Seltzer wrote:Most of you, I suspect, read e-mail as plain text. For experimental purposes this message is sent as HTML with a graphic embedded with a questionThe list doesn't allow HTML to come through. :)<outbind://218-000000005384F517C8AD9748884180DED30A6CDAA4615401/http://www.l arryseltzer.com/testimage.gif> This graphic was a non-malicious WMF file that I renamed .GIF and embedded. So what happens to the format of such a graphic when embedded in an HTML e-mail? Is it forced to GIF or JPG, or is it perhaps still a WMF and potentially malicious? Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larryseltzer () ziffdavis com_______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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