To: dinasour
My understanding from my reading elsewhere is that it was put in there on purpose years ago simply because it allowed a program to end a transmission via dial-up modem when taking too long to download an image.
It no longer really matters to allow the code execution within a data stream because so many have broadband.
To: ConservativeMind
My understanding from my reading elsewhere is that it was put in there on purpose years ago simply because it allowed a program to end a transmission via dial-up modem when taking too long to download an image.Sounds like its more an annoyance than it is a feature, and yes, I'm on dialup.
6 posted on
01/13/2006 1:40:45 PM PST by
BigSkyFreeper
("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
To: ConservativeMind
because it allowed a program to end a transmission Putting the timeout code in the image itself sure seems like a damn-fool way to code something that should be handled by the main application itself.
Sounds like "plausible deniability" to me.
7 posted on
01/13/2006 1:47:21 PM PST by
dinasour
(Pajamahadeen)
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