The problem, as with all old protocols, it is was built on trust. There are several implimentation changes to SMTP on the board but hard to say who the winner will be (if its any of those currently slated). Personally I like the idea of a total TLS mailing so that every server has to authenticate and you can deny based on failed authentication. Would toast all the self contained smtp virus right from the start.
Carl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Torrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:48 PM Subject: [Clamav-users] New varient of password compressed virus > In another escalation of the arms war, the latest variant of > password-encrypted archive virus now distributes itself in an encrypted > rar file, and the password is an attached bitmap to eliminate the > possibility of using the password in the body of the message to open the > archive in antivirus programs. > > At his rate, I give e-mail another year of usefulness. So much for the > usefulness of attachments too. Thanks a lot spammers and virus > writers. The good news is we'll have to replace SMTP with a better, > more robust, and more secure system. > > Michael > -- > Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
