blocking SDG files?

[Scott Silva]

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Fractal IT Dept. wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> I've tried allowing files that have the extension \.sdg$, but it seems
> to still be detected as an executable. I'm stuck here. Obviously, I
> don't want to allow executables, but this file is just a data file. Any
> thoughts?
>
> Chris
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You might try to run it through the "file" command.
That might be picking it up as an executable, and triggering the
problem. Or you could set the max archive depth to zero, and not check
for executables in zip files.

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