leroy on Thu, 8 Nov 2001 18:20:21 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] The spirit also took Scrooge


it would not be terribly difficult to write a sub-2K vbscript that could
trash a machine.  is it possible to setup the scanner to allow only pgp 
signings?  

stephen

-- my name is not leroy

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Mike Leone wrote:

> >  Should not PLUG be doing the same?  Why not simply strip out all
> attachments and eliminate
> 
> Stripping ALL attachments would also strip PGP signings from emails, since
> signings come as attachments.
> 
> A email virus scanner might not be a bad idea; I believe there's a free
> Linux-based email scanner available somewhere. Perhaps limiting attachments
> to some ridiculusly small amount - 2K - would allow PGP signing attachments,
> but not infected binaries.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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