From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Mar 23 16:59:20 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66773ADB0FD for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:59:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wfdudley@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D2814EA for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:59:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wfdudley@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 40312ADB0FC; Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:59:20 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FCC6ADB0FB for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:59:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wfdudley@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x22d.google.com (mail-lf0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B139614E8 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:59:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wfdudley@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id d82so16214907lfe.3 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2016 09:59:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=8m2UXMvu/Zm9bDtL9beUxP4DIJrgCyHqqdlrgBUM2Wc=; b=IWMcH9TS5JhnFubrPGPiukkelpedXuXO7t6VZhMqef/JBoRiUTWi6nMN4dhON9uSFY FuxNt9os5c0iC3/5qVijXvnz5Y1MkL6vHD0C1klw44+JJiEKrfo07WDFJyvkJMdQ6KgC B+ozP5AUW+nyFXGJoC23mD3mB6v4ZybLpbwolApZX69GjJK/nCKdVYa8PX5RiCi59d8c Loi75rHePyPx/2PSt3k8icxoBfvgmIzDHVwvgNzLR/gw5ou2zB8SbNEWg1gQGEaQdX+Z tUHsxECgMB68nDjUZ4INr2GP3rN7csOCFQI7Gth8Q081mjdVRmtG+Y/glNGstipeuuAa x28g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=8m2UXMvu/Zm9bDtL9beUxP4DIJrgCyHqqdlrgBUM2Wc=; b=NvJ6H98ITL//t6oWm4CmD2x+7YzbAehknHUyc+5SFLMy8+2ahmA3i9lWrvHt1gvpgu cAT83+cdmg9E1OuJigzhL4yi9Q3PJk+YEggFZ52voH4Yz/6n6XMYh+t7Ps0H74knXatR gTOBnomPaReMX3VH4DgGGc+SBarHgLWPsWSlatTwBM+IGFMawaPQQoxKCBNiWj2S4slB pYsjgzdSLzioxlkSIUViWbov5nN19wLhjDHuEK+oNPXDZHyz8SSJkK1cdMkaeiLEEhHk noysrvOp69Pdz5trqv+kPvLHtKJfsbenVWMoGgswMkEJ3py4WlMRg4bYGOYF3VDIzQGM vepg== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJCZdJwRVqdAM9uVvRdkpLXhGAmBQtBITRPTP9dHrZ0QeabrCa77D2+HdIEA3J32x7VKIGxm5rbOmDAzA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.25.41.212 with SMTP id p203mr1385814lfp.48.1458752357782; Wed, 23 Mar 2016 09:59:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.144.130 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Mar 2016 09:59:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1458712914.1578.37.camel@au.dyndns.ws> <62985.128.135.52.6.1458748953.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 12:59:17 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Phishing]Re: Anti-virus for FreeBSD From: William Dudley To: Daniel Feenberg Cc: Valeri Galtsev , krad , Olivier Nicole , questions@freebsd.org, Wayne Sierke X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:01:59 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:59:20 -0000 demime will remove attachments. I don't know if it can be configured to remove only certain kinds. Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 Mar 2016, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > >> Partly to toss some more fuel into the fire ;-) and partly to discourage >> too harsh judgement of "some anti-vurus software not catching some >> viruses" (or should I say virii as a plural of Latin word virus?) >> >> First of all, the whole anti-virus approach is fundamentally flawed. In >> fact, you can not enumerate bad (what anti-virus is trying to do). You >> only can enumerate good and prohibit everything else. So, don't be too >> harsh on those [anti-viruses] that miss some of evil things sometimes: >> remember, they are trying to do the task that is fundamentally flawed. >> >> > Is there a package out there that would block all email messages with > binary executable content? I understand that pdf and word files may contain > executable code - the package would have to be able to distinguish such > files with executable code and those without. (Is that possible)? > > For us, that would be a satisfactory substitute for Kaspersky, perhaps > even a superior one. > > daniel feenberg > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >