Attempt to hide real filename extention

Thom Paine thom at DARKSABER.COM
Tue Jun 4 17:34:00 IST 2002


Could I create a rule to allow .ent files? I figured out why the double
extention. The .ent is an ENTRUST file that is encrypted. I'm not sure
if I need to add .ent or rem out the rule blocking double extentions.

Thanks,
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 12:20, Francois Caen wrote:
> It's because there are 2 extensions:
> filename.extension1.extension2
>
> Some viruses had attachments such as:
> zippedfiles.zip.exe
> to trick not-so-savvy users.
>
> Hence the rule, which you can kill if you need to.

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