most modern mailers wil automagically uudecode.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Bennett Todd Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 11:19 AM To: Eric Conrad Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: uuencoded Love Worm variant
2000-05-05-13:44:16 Eric Conrad:
I caught one of these uuencoded 'in the wild'. It would have slipped through my filters if not for the standard Subject: line.
Does anyone know for sure that the uuencoded version isn't actually devenomed by the uuencoding? I.e. is there any known gateway that will turn the uuencoded attachment back into the known-virulent MIME, or any known MUA that will offer to execute the uuencoded script with a simple click? If the user has to go out of their way to expressly decode the thing into a file, then deliberately execute that file, that varient of the worm won't spread like wildfire; I'm content to let it pass.
-Bennett