On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Peter Moody wrote: > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:41:00 -0800 > From: Peter Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam! > > > Guys(and girls), the situation sucks. What do you think? And, most important > > of all, do you see any way to fight this behaviour? Because honestly, I > > don't. > > I frequently get messages from virus filters telling me that my > attachment (signature.asc) has been removed as it's thought to contain a > virus. For the virus end, it'll take time for people to start coding > proper virus scanners that don't recognize .asc as a virus. >
I don't expect that to come about until we can get virus scanners that aren't set by default to spam the receiver (or the forged From: address) with notices that some worm spam(SWEN, Sobig, etc...) was blocked. -- "Why would burgulars need to look for a backdoor when they can climb in through Windows?" --Norman L DeForest, in NANAE "You know how dumb the average luser is? Well, half of 'em are dumber than that" -- The Roadie, in NANAE _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
