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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: Alan Ianson
from: Oli
date: 2021-05-03 12:03:00
subject: Netmail in the insecure i

Alan wrote (2021-05-02):

 AI> The questions is "is it desirable to decompress those packets" in the
 AI> insecure inbound.

Can it be automatically unpacked without any security issues (there can be any file in the archive).

Pre-compressed mail bundles are mostly useless in this scenario. Files can be compressed on the fly over the binkp protocol. Just reject any insecure compressed mail bundles, problem gone.

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