Re: Windows Movie maker 2 determines a supportive file type JUST by judging its extension!

[Bipin Gautam <door_hUNT3R () blackcodemail com>]

programmers at microsoft doing such a blunder CARELESSNESS!!!

<let the world know>

YAP, i feel its a seripus issue in one of its highly highlighted product

this would prove lot of inconvinence to most users [I DON'T THINK YOU USE MOVIE MAKER]


--- Bill Weiss <houdini () nmt edu> wrote:
> Bipin Gautam(door_hUNT3R () blackcodemail com)@Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 11:35:06PM -0700:
> > ---DESCRIPTION---
> > Windows Movie Maker 2 only determines whether a file type is supportive by it or not, ONLY by judging its extension. 
> > So, suppose if you have to import a VCD movie (*.dat) to your Windows Movie Maker 2 you have to copy the whole file 
> > to a read/write drive rename its extension to *.mov (ie: any extension that media player 2 recognizes)
> >      Amazingly, windows movie maker 1 effectively judges a supportive movie file by its header so it doesn't matter 
> > even if you rename a movie file to *.zip, it would effectively look at the header data and allow us to import in 
> > WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER 1. But strangely, Windows Movie Maker judges a supportive file type just by judging its 
> > extension! This could prove very inconvenient if we have to import a file through network or read-only drives.
>
> Ok, so, what's the security problem in this?  It's a crap program, why do
> we care?
>
> -- 
> Bill Weiss
>
> In the future we're all going to regret this period in music where
> our tastes were determinedby 11 year old girls and wrestling fans.
>        -- Moby

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