Problem with images in the sigs

viperlin · Veteran Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Posts: 1319 Location: UK

i just had a jabber staus in my .sig, it was small and didn't get complains apart from when the server that does the service was down and the image didn't load.

jabber status is in the beta phpbb, well the button is but i don't know about status indicators.

klieber · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:03 pm Post subject:

I'm re-writing this a few times to tone it down a bit. However, I take exception to the..."users"...who called this behavior childish and/or silly. We did what we did for a very valid reason. We are not sharing the details right now for another equally valid reason.

We will share details if and when it becomes appropriate to do so. Until then, I simply ask you to trust that we are doing the right thing for the Gentoo community.

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Gherald2 · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:23 am Post subject:

Is it the appropriate time, yet?

If so (and assuming I've just missed the official announcement) a link should be posted here because searching for an answer just gives me more dup threads about this subject that link to here...

(I happen to detest images in sigs, but am curious what the technical reason was for removing them)
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meowsqueak · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:44 am Post subject:

If it's taken this long and it still isn't fixed, then it's either a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer that is triggered by images in signatures specifically from domains *forums.gentoo.org* or it's a global conspiracy. Or it's a complete non-issue forming the basis for certain individuals' delusions of grandeur.

Other forums have images and I don't see them getting h4x0r3d much.

Squinky86 · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:26 am Post subject:

Just trust that there is a good reason for not relaying information out- that's all you can do. The devs in charge of these types of things are very active and know what they're doing. You'll just have to have faith in them on this one.
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Gherald2 · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 3:03 am Post subject:

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meowsqueak · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:55 am Post subject:

SPW · Guru Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 318 Location: Lëtzebuerg

Is it still too early for information to be made public? I really trust the admins and I believe that Gentoo Forums are the best of its kind. But I really don't understand why an issue like this can take that much time. I mean it started in 2003!

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20521

As there is no need for inline images, it my sincere desire that they not be enabled again. URL tags are sufficient.
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meowsqueak · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:10 pm Post subject:

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Gherald · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:55 pm Post subject:

klieber · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:12 am Post subject:

Anior · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:22 am Post subject:

arand · Apprentice Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 215

Could the reason for all of this be because of the relatively recent vulnerability with .jpgs on windows machines?

dalek · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject:

Now I am wondering why.

Why not remove the little box thing so we know not to do the image thing? I spent a good while trying to figure out why the stupid thing don't work. Murphys law applies to me a lot. I thought it was me.

That poor preview button got a licking. :roll:

Anyways.

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eMPee584 · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:42 am Post subject: *rant*

meowsqueak · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject:

I don't care for or against inline images, probably tend against them. But my curiousity demands satisfaction hence my desire to understand why the images were disabled. Surely if the problem is resolved we can all be told what the issue is? Security by obscurity belongs elsewhere.

dalek · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject:

Well if you saw what started this mess, I actually did a image search and found the thing, you would likely see why it was cut off. I'm no prude by any means but posting the image in question was a pretty bad idea.

This is one of those things where one person screwed it up for everyone, like a lot of other things in the world. I can't say that I blame them, admins. I just wish they had removed that thread, banned the person that posted it. If it happened again, then remove the image option. That said, I still understand why, just not happy about it either. Sort of feel I'm being punished for something I didn't do sort of thing.

Later

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meowsqueak · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:58 pm Post subject:

Oh, it's as simple as that? I thought it was related to some code exploit that they were keeping quiet rather than getting fixed... if it's a censorship/moderation issue, then surely dealing with the individual case is a better solution for everyone? People can still post URLs to unacceptable images, so the problem isn't going to simply go away.