On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM, V G wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Tamas Rudnai wro= te: > >> =A0It is not about the link if the DNS resolves the address or not or th= e >> 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 -- = so >> 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 no= t >> -- >> 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 databa= se >> 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 aw= ay >> 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 = you > afraid of? Seriously. Tell me. > > Doesn't matter where the image came from. If your computer somehow become= s > compromised from viewing an image, you have to question the security of y= our > own machine. Not that of the server. But a malicious server can serve any MIME type to a URL ending in ..png. On the web, the extension is not used to determine file type. --=20 Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markrages@midwesttelecine.com --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .