On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote= : > It is not about the link if the DNS resolves the address or not or the > webs > server transfers the file or not. It is about net hygiene. > > First of all not all clicks on all type of links whatever is posted for > various security reasons. Secondly not all web hosting > services providing sufficient protection against getting compromised -- s= o > even if we know you have set up that site and we trust you, we cannot be > sure if your web site is still intact or compromised. Maybe yes maybe not > -- > and that is the principle, does not matter which one. We trust more on a > big > names that are less likely to taken over control by a hacker... > > Now the serious side: > This bytehost7.com was created on Feb 2011, fairly new. The whois databas= e > does not show correct owner information, and I have checked with our > ThreatSeeker Network and it shows that the IP address shares with many > malicious web sites (over 4k sites I am talking about!), and the IP is > blocked! I would delete my account from this hosting service straight awa= y > and buy one from a trusted company instead... > > Tamas > It doesn't matter. I'm only asking for people to view an image. What are yo= u afraid of? Seriously. Tell me. Doesn't matter where the image came from. If your computer somehow becomes compromised from viewing an image, you have to question the security of you= r own machine. Not that of the server. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .