On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 07:22:14AM -0400, john wrote:
> This may not be a Postfix problem, but bearing in mind the recent
> events this forum may have some good ideas.
No, it isn't.
> After the recent rasomeware attacks we are considering the idea of
> blocking all attachments. I am not sure of the best way of doing
> this, but several ideas have been put forward:
The first question would be: why do you have systems that can run
Windows PE binaries?
> 1. block all email with attachments - a little too drastic for some as
> there are legit reasons for attachments.
> block all email that is in any format that can hide executable code.
What is an attachment? There is no real difference between this text
and an image in how it is transported.
> 2. rename attachments so that they will not/cannot be executed/run by
> just opening them.
Opening does not execute something. Apart from Windows you need to set
some executable permission.
Bastian
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