Re: [Full-Disclosure] AV "feature" does more DDoS than Sobig

From: James Greenhalgh (james.greenhalghat_private)
Date: Thu Aug 28 2003 - 09:29:48 PDT

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    On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 16:16, Vladimir Parkhaev wrote:
    > Quoting William Warren (hescominsoonat_private):
    > > this is the very reason i block all executables at my firewall...plus it 
    > > reduces the load on my workstations from having to scan all that 
    > > garbage..<G>
    > 
    > firewall? the best place to block IMHO will be on mail gateways
    > ( you can bounce it with a nice message like 'atttachements of this
    > type are not welcome here' )....
    
    Which considering the subject of this thread is particularly amusing.
    AV software sending back too many "you have a virus" warnings?  No
    problem!  Just send them directly from the mail gateway instead, it will
    make a huge difference ;-)
     
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    James Greenhalgh <james.greenhalghat_private>
    
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