On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 07:52:35PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: > Our mailserver is setup to reject certain file types as attachments (.com, > .exe, .pif etc etc). Sometimes users have a legitimate need to get such > files through, and the way they do it is to compress them and add a > password to the zip archive so the content filter can't look inside.
alternately, the sender could rename the file to "something.exe.noscan". and the receiver could rename it as they are saving it. oops, maybe i just gave the virus writers a new method of delivery! -- [ Jim Mercer [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 416 410-5633 ] [ I want to live forever, or die trying. ] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
