Forum suggestion: Allow attaching LTSpice files

[cellularmitosis]

Hey Dave,

Here's a job for young david:  Find the configuration file on your server which controls which type of file extensions you are allowed to attach to a forum post.  Have him add *.asc to that list (LTSpice schematic files).

[c4757p]

I'm not convinced there's a purpose at all in placing any limitation on file extensions...

[Dave]

While we are at it, support for newer MS Office files would be great (docx, xlsx, etc.).

[mcinque]

an attached doc/x document file could be maliciously scripted and can be indexed by search engines, so it's not suggested to have that extensions allowed.

[c4757p]

an attached doc/x document file could be maliciously scripted and can be indexed by search engines, so it's not suggested to have that extensions allowed.

Oh bullcrap, you can still rename the file and post it. Nothing is being prevented, it just makes it a pain in the ass. It's 2015 and this is a forum for engineers and engineering aficionados, we ought to be smart enough to decide for ourselves what we're willing to open.

Speaking of which, anybody want to download and run the attached (with no contest by the forum software, I might add) shell script? No need to rename, just curl URL | sh

[mcinque]

we ought to be smart enough to decide for ourselves what we're willing to open.

It's not a personal issue. It's a domain authority matter.

While anyone can still rename a malicious scripted doc file and post it as a rar (and any subsequent issue it's a user issue), its file content will not be indexed by search engines.

No search engine would eventually identify it as a threat and so no "this site could harm your computer" warning would appear on the eevblog.com domain, compromising its authority.

[atferrari]

While we are at it, support for newer MS Office files would be great (docx, xlsx, etc.).

I never open any of the above.

Better YOU take the pain of making them a PDF.

[timofonic]

While we are at it, support for newer MS Office files would be great (docx, xlsx, etc.).

I never open any of the above.

Better YOU take the pain of making them a PDF.

I prefer OpenDocument

[kc3ase]

Hey Dave,

Here's a job for young david:  Find the configuration file on your server which controls which type of file extensions you are allowed to attach to a forum post.  Have him add *.asc to that list (LTSpice schematic files).

I'll take this on. I have the same style forum. I'll check the php files to see what's happening and report back.

It's controlled through the admin panel. As shown below:

[miguelvp]

zip the file/s and attach

[EEVblog]

Done

[Smokey]

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Better YOU take the pain of making them a PDF.

Because there has never been any malware associated with PDFs?