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Date:      Wed, 05 Dec 2001 00:07:50 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mail list is posting gone virus!!!!
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011205000635.048414a0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011204193019.05f01c18@mail.Go2France.com>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011204172959.04d112e0@localhost> <01d701c17d10$a8b334b0$0001300a@lhtech.lhtek.com> <C1EC3AA970F8D311BA4D0050BAB07BA870491B@nhex1101.cologic.co.nz>

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At 06:34 PM 12/4/2001, Len Conrad wrote:

>the freebsd hubs run postfix, afaik, which can block on single and double file extensions, like .scr, .doc.scr.

This helps, but it's far from the only heuristic to use.

Of course, since we're talking about mailing lists here, FreeBSD
should probably just strip all attachments and defang or block
active content.

--Brett


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