Digital Guerrilla Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I was just wondering as on another message board (website) the Admin stated that having animated gifs in your signature is dangerous but he would not give a reason as to why or maybe he did not have a reason at all. Are animated gifs really dangerous (security wise) or not can someone please explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I don't know if they are very dangerous, but they are extremely annoying especially if large in filesize and if flash (change frames) fast enough if they are different colours etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Guerrilla Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Annoying is one thing to say but to say dangerous security wise is another and why I do not understand. He asked if there were any improvements members would like to see on the site I suggested animated gifs being use (either avatar or in your signature) and he was like they were this huge security risk but he never explained why. I have never really heard of it because well most sites I visited allow animated gifs in some form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megashrap Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I don't know if they are very dangerous, but they are extremely annoying especially if large in filesize and if flash (change frames) fast enough if they are different colours etc.I hated them most back when I had dial-up. Never heard of them being dangerous though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Gotenks absorbed Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Ask him why they're dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Maybe they were dangerous because members would complain and threaten to boycott the forum? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Guerrilla Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Well I am not sure about that gunner154 but what ever the reason is he is not elaborating about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veK Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I don't know why the other thread was locked by the author or got locked by a moderator (or let's say THE moderator), but to all you guys who are still wondering why gifs can be a threat, here's the (or let's say AN answer):http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2997&rssand for even more details, here's a pdf:http://www.scanit.be/uploads/php-file-upload.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 THE moderator didn't do anything. Until now that is. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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