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Instead of just blocking certain attachments, why not use some sort of |
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ClamAV (http://clamav.elektrapro.com/) virus scanning approach? That |
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way, if, say, some Evolution-compatible virus is one day discovered that |
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uses .sh files, they would still be blocked, but ordinary .sh |
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attachments would still get through. |
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On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 05:29, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> Folks -- |
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> We are looking at potentially blocking any/all attachments sent to |
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> developer email addresses with one of the following extensions: |
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> |
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> jse?|exe|com|cmd|shs|hta|bat|scr|pif |
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> These extensions are most notable for a) not having much, if anything, to |
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> do with Linux and b) having a whole lot to do with windows-based viruses. |
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> The blocking would be more of a convenience to you all -- designed to get |
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> rid of those virii from your inboxes. However, I didn't want to implement |
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> it without posting it for discussion here first. |
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> Unless there's significant negative feedback on this idea, we will be |
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> implementing it later this week. |
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> --kurt |
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-- Jason Rhinelander |
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-- Gossamer Threads, Inc. |
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