quiet here

[Scott B. Anderson]

> Julian Field wrote:
> >
> >
> > Richard Lynch wrote:
> >> Julian Field wrote:
> >>> Gary Alexander wrote:
> >>>>> While things are quiet, are there any outstanding bugs or feature
> >>>>> requests
> >>>>> that I should be working on?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm aiming at a stable release at the start of September if
> >>>>> there's nothing
> >>>>> else huge between now and then. The HTML::Parser protection seems
> >>>>> to be
> >>>>> working okay, and hasn't had a huge speed impact (it never ceases
> >>>>> to amaze
> >>>>> me quite how fast fork() is!).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jules
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi There
> >>>>
> >>>> Speaking of feature requests ... I've noticed some users using
> 7zip
> >>>> format for sending mails ... and executables inside getting
> through
> >>>> ... any plans for adding support for this?
> >>>>
> >>>> The following linux app currently supports 7zip:
> >>>> http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/
> >>>>
> >>> Adding that is quite a lot of work, so I would need a lot of votes
> >>> that people want this feature. But I'm not saying "no" :-)
> >>>
> >>> Jules
> >>>
> >> Up until now I had never even heard of 7zip.  I just tested F-Prot
> >> and ClamAV against an archive with a virus in it.  Neither detected
> >> the virus inside.  So, isn't it just a matter of time before viruses
> >> start spreading in this format?   If so I think you're going to be
> >> compelled to support the scanning of this format.
> > But if no-one has the software for reading this format already, they
> > aren't any harm.
> >
> > Jules
> >
> Agreed but how long before people start using this format in large
> numbers.  I don't know.  It's not a problem yet so there's no hurray
> but
> sometime down the road... who knows.  I certainly wouldn't put a high
> priority on it.
>
> ~rich
>

Since 7zip is free, works in windows and has native 64 and 32 bit binaries available for windows, I've been installing it as a default app on nearly every computer I'd normally have to purchase a license for Winzip for two years.

Scott