filename vs. filetype in blocking executables

[Isaac Huff]

Perfect, I can alter the magic file.  I didn't think of that, but it
will work fine for me.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Isaac Huff

Peter Bonivart wrote:

> Mailgate IHuff wrote:
>
>> I don't believe that's the case - I'm using basically the default
>> filename rules configuration.  Every line in the default is
>> syntactically similar to the line I referred to.  Maybe it works both
>> ways?
>
>
> If there's a deny in either filename or filetype it wins so you have to
> allow executables as filetype and deny all executables but sea-files as
> filenames. That makes you slightly vulnerable to forging though.
>
> Another alternative is to alter your magic file that identifies file
> types and get rid of sea there.
>
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