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Re:Show HN: file.st - File Street: The old-school uploader. by Kudos on Thursday December 06, 2012 @11:52AM (#4882467)
Speaking as the operator of a similarly themed site, allowing drive-by downloads is a huge target for malware uploaders.
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Re:Show HN: file.st - File Street: The old-school uploader. by ogdr on Thursday December 06, 2012 @11:54AM (#4882477)
So how do we solve this? By only allowing hotlinks on Images or similar?
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Re:Show HN: file.st - File Street: The old-school uploader. by Kudos on Thursday December 06, 2012 @11:57AM (#4882493)
That's precisely what I do. You probably also want to scan the files for viruses at the time of upload and at regular intervals. I use ClamAV and F-Prot.
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