http://www.squarefree.com/2007/11/07/a-dangerous-ambiguity/ Jesse Ruderman on Firefox, security, and more Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.squarefree.com/2007/11/07/a-dangerous-ambiguity/#comment-4078 James Justin Harrell Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:07:40 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2007/11/07/a-dangerous-ambiguity/#comment-4078 It would help greatly if file managers would clearly visually indicate which files were executables (and had execution privileges). It doesn't sound very difficult either (at least on Unixy OSes), so I don't know why it isn't done. It would help greatly if file managers would clearly visually indicate which files were executables (and had execution privileges). It doesn’t sound very difficult either (at least on Unixy OSes), so I don’t know why it isn’t done.

]]> http://www.squarefree.com/2007/11/07/a-dangerous-ambiguity/#comment-4077 Ben Rogers Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:04:15 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2007/11/07/a-dangerous-ambiguity/#comment-4077 As of Windows XP SP2, double-clicking an unsigned file downloaded from the Internet produces a security warning with Run and Cancel options. I believe this is an OS feature, but the browser (e-mail client, etc.) needs to mark the file. I just checked FireFox. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to mark downloads. Internet Explorer and Outlook Express do. As of Windows XP SP2, double-clicking an unsigned file downloaded from the Internet produces a security warning with Run and Cancel options. I believe this is an OS feature, but the browser (e-mail client, etc.) needs to mark the file. I just checked FireFox. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to mark downloads. Internet Explorer and Outlook Express do.

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