Comments on: Safari Users: Don’t Open “Safe” files after downloading http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/02/safari-users-dont-open-safe-files-after-downloading.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Financial Cryptography http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/02/safari-users-dont-open-safe-files-after-downloading.html/comment-page-1#comment-1903 Financial Cryptography Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:42:03 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=1509#comment-1903 <strong>iVirus, Mr & Mrs Smythe, Shaking the Incumbents, Ping on convenience, Gmail on inconvenience</strong> Curious that Apple's Safari wasn't mentioned in recent discussions about High Assurance certs. Which brings us to a rash of sightings of Mac Viruses. Well, three at least. Unfortunately the media can be relied upon to over-play the appearance of Mac Vi... iVirus, Mr & Mrs Smythe, Shaking the Incumbents, Ping on convenience, Gmail on inconvenience

Curious that Apple’s Safari wasn’t mentioned in recent discussions about High Assurance certs. Which brings us to a rash of sightings of Mac Viruses. Well, three at least. Unfortunately the media can be relied upon to over-play the appearance of Mac Vi…

]]> By: Richard Johnson http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/02/safari-users-dont-open-safe-files-after-downloading.html/comment-page-1#comment-1902 Richard Johnson Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:26:26 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=1509#comment-1902 It's not really a Safari or Terminal issue. It's a problem with BOMArchiveHelper and other archivers that all likely rely upon the same underlying libraries. zip and tar files both, at minimum, can contain bogus metadata which is honored when launching the file in the Finder while the Finder displays the branding based on the file extension. Furthermore, Stuffit Expander 10.0.1 honors the metadata just as BOMArchiveHelper does. It’s not really a Safari or Terminal issue. It’s a problem with BOMArchiveHelper and other archivers that all likely rely upon the same underlying libraries.
zip and tar files both, at minimum, can contain bogus metadata which is honored when launching the file in the Finder while the Finder displays the branding based on the file extension.
Furthermore, Stuffit Expander 10.0.1 honors the metadata just as BOMArchiveHelper does.

]]> By: cat http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/02/safari-users-dont-open-safe-files-after-downloading.html/comment-page-1#comment-1901 cat Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:01:10 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=1509#comment-1901 Adam - clearly you need to <u>write a book</u>. Adam – clearly you need to write a book.

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