And a quick glance shows that state.gov's email passes through (something generic), sendmail, and Trend InterScan Viruswall before being delivered to an Exchange 5.5 box. The latter two, and presumably the former one, are all easily configurable to block based on any number of criteria, including attachment type, body and header content.
I therefore have to assume that the hole in the price of security is the biggest one of all: personell. > -----Original Message----- > From: Lawrence, Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Posted At: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:34 PM > Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List > Conversation: Sobig.F alert > Subject: RE: Sobig.F alert > > > That is actually overestimating the price of security. Redhat is free > (without support), and a pc to run this would cost less than > 250 if you > knew where to look. > > Thank you, > Mitchell D. Lawrence > **<Good|Cheap|Fast> (Pick Two)** > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:30 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Sobig.F alert > > It shouldn't...but yes, it does. > > I mean, come on. For the cost of a $250 PC and a $50 copy of > RedHat 9.0 > (actually, a recycled PII or PII would do), thrown in front of every > access > point to the network, they could be blocking every attachment on the > Martin > Blackstone list! > > BAS! _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
