-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Methinks you misunderstand. Only the proprietary extension, i.e. .inc > or .xyz or .whatever, would be allowed through, and since virus > writers would never use this extension, it would eliminate ALL viruses > at the gateway. The nice thing about this approach is that it > completely eliminates the need for any anti-virus on the mail server > since all virus attachments are automatically dropped without the need > for scanning. Quite a simple, yet elegant solution, if I do say so > myself.
Curt, Interesting idea, provided your org is not specifically targeted -- although admittedly none of the currently-touted solutions would do much against a direct attack. Personally I'd dispute this solution's elegance, anything which requires substantial user behaviour change (and doesn't drastically improve the virus/worm situation across the board) is an ugly kludge. Cael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) iD8DBQFASO4+R2vQ2HfQHfsRAsGgAJ9H6YmejXCkIcV216qGWo+i+aqIDQCffHRv Ht7Ccmlw++aAEcQu9Lw6Fzo= =QhDq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
