On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 05:25:16PM -0700, Brad (Senior Systems Administrator) wrote:
>
> Anyone see any problem with writing something for qmail that
> scans messages for code fragments, and dumps them to
> /dev/null??
Well, I've been looking into this throughout the day,
and the answer is non-trivial, because you have to separate out
the attachment and decode it (it'll be in base64) first.
Given that I haven't written any C at all in ages, and perl would
not be scalable enough, it's an uphill battle.
Also, if you're talking about any code fragments, I don't think that
should happen. There are a few strings that are always going to be in
macro viruses in order for them to be effective, and the plan is
to search for those.
--
Erik Nielsen, Cyberhighway Internet Services NOC
I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at
some Perl 4 code, and said, "What is that, swearing?"
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
