[–] earthbee 4y ago ↗ Wow, that is very comprehensive. I looked up some obscure stuff from the 80s and it's there. Not just an unhelpful stub either, it has actual significant useful information.
[–] netsharc 4y ago ↗ Funny how an old solution from CP/M (3 letter filename extension) has persisted until now. [–] mdaniel 4y ago ↗ > the most permanent thing is a temporary hackWhat jams me up is the staggering number of programmers who believe the file extension somehow dictates the content-typeFollowed closely by how Microsoft made an option to hide the extensions, which went so poorly that "totally-safe.docx.exe" became a compromise vectorWhat a mess [–] [deleted] 4y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] mdaniel 4y ago ↗ > the most permanent thing is a temporary hackWhat jams me up is the staggering number of programmers who believe the file extension somehow dictates the content-typeFollowed closely by how Microsoft made an option to hide the extensions, which went so poorly that "totally-safe.docx.exe" became a compromise vectorWhat a mess [–] [deleted] 4y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
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[ 11.2 ms ] story [ 307 ms ] threadWhat jams me up is the staggering number of programmers who believe the file extension somehow dictates the content-type
Followed closely by how Microsoft made an option to hide the extensions, which went so poorly that "totally-safe.docx.exe" became a compromise vector
What a mess