RE: using application/octet-stream in multipart/encrypted
Blake Ramsdell (Blaker@msn.com)
Thu, 7 Mar 96 20:41:22 UT
On Thursday, March 07, 1996 2:19 PM, owner-resolving-security@imc.org on
behalf of Bill Wohler wrote:
>Michael Elkins <elkins@aero.org> writes:
>> I'm not violently opposed to the change, but I just want to make sure we
>> don't end up in trouble down the line.
>
> I concur. We've seen examples where applications could be launched
> directly and indirectly from parameters. We have not been given
> examples of mail systems that couldn't.
Microsoft Exchange Server is a product that only maps between Content-Type and
file extension.
If using something other than application/octet-stream for the second part
doesn't break anything, then we should do it, and I think this was the
consensus.
Ned Freed or Jim Galvin would be the best people to speak about the use of
application/octet-stream for the second part, and whether or not the decision
was arbitrary enough to change it.
Blake