At 05:48 PM 6/3/2004, you wrote:
Chairman wrote:
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> for starters, there is no reason to not just virus filter and allow
> those kind of attachments... at least you put the dot in front of
> it so it doesn't whack half of the incoming mail due to spelling.
Defense in depth is an important part of security. I've had over a dozen
viruses get through the antivirus check so far this year (usually because
they came before the antivirus was updated to detect them); the Trash Finder
attachment check has prevented them from being delivered. It's always
preferable to have multiple ways to detect malware. So I think the extension
check is needed, but not so that it blocks all of the mail on the IMS
list...
i block on all the other executable ones just by nuking 'em.
this new encrypted archive virus thing is annoying though.
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