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Re: ::http::geturl with progress callback blocks

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From: et99@rocketship1.me (et99)
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Subject: Re: ::http::geturl with progress callback blocks
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:05:58 -0700
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by: et99 - Tue, 1 Aug 2023 00:05 UTC

On 7/31/2023 2:09 AM, Ralf Fassel wrote:
> * Rich <rich@example.invalid>
> | et99 <et99@rocketship1.me> wrote:
> | Windows (as in the OS) itself is what is adding on the second stream,
> | and noticing its presence to pop up the "do you really want to run
> | this" dialog.
>>
> | > That's what I wondered about, did windows see .exe in the
> | > file name and do that w/o the app having to be involved.
>>
> | Windows adds the second streams itself. I don't know if they attach
> | them to all downloaded files, or just exe's. My guess is they attach
> | them to all downloads -- but the ones attached to files not named .exe
> | never trigger a "do you want to run this" dialog because they never get
> | launched as an exe.
>
> These might have some more info on this:
>
> https://www.itprotoday.com/mobile-management-and-security/how-does-windows-know-if-file-downloaded-internet
>
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/information-about-the-attachment-manager-in-microsoft-windows-c48a4dcd-8de5-2af5-ee9b-cd795ae42738
>
> A quick glance in my Windows Downloads folder shows the Zone.Identifier
> files/streams for several file types, not only .exe.
>
> HTH
> R'

I think the key sentence in the second link is:

"When you save files to your hard disk from a program that *uses* the Attachment Manager, the Web content zone information for the file is also saved with the file."

So, my thoughts about writing to a file with the .exe extension in a tcl program is just a red herring.

Subject	Author
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Andreas Leitgeb
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Rich
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Rich
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	et99
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	et99
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	et99
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Rich
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	et99
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Rich
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	et99
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Ralf Fassel
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	et99
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Rich
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Alexandru
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	saitology9
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	et99
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Andreas Leitgeb
::http::geturl with progress callback blocks	Ralf Fassel