Subj : Netmail in the insecure inbound
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Kai Richter
Date : Mon Apr 26 2021 19:37:12

Hello Alan!

25 Apr 21, Alan Ianson wrote to Kai Richter:

 AI>>> No reason to archive it or not that I know of.

 KR>> Wrong, you already know it. ;)

 AI> I don't know that. What is wrong?
 AI> I know that it is inconvenient for me.

That is reason enough. But it's not only for you, it's for any other node that will receive insecure compressed netmail from that node. You are in the first line and responsible to defend systems with no or limited compression support.

 KR>> Compressing adds a layer of complexity.

 AI> It does. The choices here are zipped or not zipped. I have a few other
 AI> unpack lines just in case but I hope folks will stick to zip or use
 AI> plain packets.

Could you tell me what de+compression software is available for the OpenPandora or the Dragonbox Pyra? Great if you ever heard of them before but bad because i'd liked to give an expample of surprizing hardware out there.

Regards

Kai

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