Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 18:41:29 -0800 From: Landon Stewart <landons@uniserve.com> To: Anthony Kim <niceshorts@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: block double suffix attachments? Re: Mail list is posting gone virus!!!! Message-ID: <3C0D8959.5080500@uniserve.com> References: <01d701c17d10$a8b334b0$0001300a@lhtech.lhtek.com> <C1EC3AA970F8D311BA4D0050BAB07BA870491B@nhex1101.cologic.co.nz> <4.3.2.7.2.20011204172959.04d112e0@localhost> <5.1.0.14.2.20011204193019.05f01c18@mail.Go2France.com> <20011204194431.E92148@elvis.mu.org> <20011205021654.GA31554@boethius.telocity.com>
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Anthony Kim wrote: >and .Z > >You've got to consider, people send all sorts of weird filenames. >mtr.c.patch or ncurses.ru.uu or bill_me.c.diff or >BSD.include.dist - you get the idea. > >At work we focus on the AV recommended most wanted, .pif, .exe., >.vbs, .scr, .shs, but this list is getting longer and longer :( > For an idea, Eudora (eudora.com) has a somewhat comprehensive list of attachments that generate warnings when someone tries to open them. They keep this list updated and make it an updatable part of their mail client. This list would give someone a good start as to what to block for extensions. -- Landon Stewart System Administrator Vancouver Pacific Pender Uniserve Online Right of Use: The sender intends this message for a specific recipient and, as it may contain information that is privileged or confidential, any use, dissemination, forwarding, or copying by anyone without permission from the sender is prohibited. Personal e-mail may contain views that are not necessarily those of the company. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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