Yep, I block them for good reason. A virus scanner can not (and should not) scan what is inside an encrypted Zip file.
My policy stays the same: If you have to send a potentially malicious file, you will have to rename the extension. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Marc Catuogno > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Declude.Virus] WinZip Companion for Outlook (OT) > > This is going to a problem for me if it catches on people will think it is > "cool" to password their zip files, and since I block them.... > Just thought I'd "heads up" the group in case any of you automatically block > encrypted files as well. > > > A choice of Zip 2.0 or 128- or 256-bit AES encryption > > AES encryption provides much greater cryptographic security than the > traditional Zip 2.0 encryption method used in earlier versions of WinZip. > Encryption applied to an attachment is done when the file is zipped. The > recipient of the attachment must then use a password to extract the contents > from the Zip file. > > The Companion's advanced encryption (FIPS-197 certified) uses the Rijndael > cryptographic algorithm which, in 2001, was specified by the National > Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Federal Information > Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 197 as the Advanced Encryption > Standard (AES). > > Note: Recipients to whom you send AES-encrypted Zip files must have a > compatible Zip file utility, such as WinZip 9.0, in order to decrypt the > files. > > Marc > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
