From: "Paul G. Allen" <pgallen@randomlogic.com>
To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@localhost.localdomain
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: OT: Virii on vger.kernel.org lists
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:30:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B67236A.7460602B@randomlogic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22369.996603164@ISI.EDU>
Craig Milo Rogers wrote:
>
> >Is there any way we can set up an automatic virus scan of all
> >attachments at vger, and have it deal with any virii at source?
>
> Better than that, simply strip all non-text MIME attachments,
> or bounce the messages containing them. End of story.
>
This is exactly what is done with the KPLUG mailing lists (Kernel-Panic Linux User Group - www.kernel-panic.org). Attachments are not allowed by the mail server
and anyone sending HTML/RTF format mail gets an earful (eyeful?) from other list members.
Of course this would not stop Subseven propagation (generally, Subseven is attached to a web site and an e-mail is sent to you with a link to that site.
Clicking on the link, loading the site, infects your Windows box), but then this is a case where simple education is the way to stop propagation.
PGA
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Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-29 22:20 Test mail Mailing Server
2001-07-30 1:50 ` Test mail :: DO NOT FSKING OPEN THE ATTACHMENT God
2001-07-30 3:24 ` Michael Rothwell
2001-07-30 15:45 ` Jim Potter
2001-07-30 1:53 ` Test mail Anton Altaparmakov
2001-07-30 4:02 ` Rik van Riel
2001-07-30 6:09 ` Paul G. Allen
2001-07-30 6:28 ` Paul G. Allen
2001-07-30 7:10 ` Lew Wolfgang
2001-07-30 8:41 ` Paul G. Allen
2001-07-31 23:08 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-07-30 9:45 ` Chris Crowther
2001-07-30 6:29 ` Alexander V. Bilichenko
2001-07-30 11:07 ` Paul Mundt
2001-07-30 11:45 ` john slee
2001-07-30 11:46 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-30 12:07 ` Paul Mundt
2001-07-30 12:15 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-30 12:23 ` Paul Mundt
2001-07-30 12:51 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-30 7:28 ` Riley Williams
2001-07-30 16:17 ` christophe barbé
2001-07-30 16:32 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-07-30 17:22 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-07-30 17:38 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-07-30 18:20 ` Justin Guyett
2001-07-30 21:14 ` Horst von Brand
2001-07-31 7:27 ` Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
[not found] ` <9k48ju$94b$1@ns1.clouddancer.com>
2001-07-30 19:21 ` Colonel
2001-07-30 17:56 ` Jim Potter
2001-07-30 18:00 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-08-01 0:18 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-08-01 11:56 ` szonyi calin
2001-07-30 17:25 ` Jakob Østergaard
2001-07-31 12:27 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-07-31 18:02 ` Virii on vger.kernel.org lists Riley Williams
2001-07-31 18:12 ` OT: " Craig Milo Rogers
2001-07-31 19:12 ` William Scott Lockwood III
2001-07-31 21:30 ` Paul G. Allen [this message]
2001-07-31 22:17 ` OT: " Riley Williams
2001-07-31 22:31 ` Thomas Duffy
2001-07-31 22:47 ` Alan Shutko
2001-07-31 22:33 ` Craig Milo Rogers
2001-07-31 23:06 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-02 15:27 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-01 21:07 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-08-01 21:15 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-01 21:57 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-08-02 5:38 ` Paul G. Allen
2001-08-02 5:44 ` Miles Lane
2001-08-02 13:49 ` john slee
2001-08-02 0:27 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-01 21:20 ` Justin Guyett
2001-08-02 1:57 ` Paul G. Allen
2001-08-07 15:07 ` Dick Streefland
2001-07-31 19:01 ` Kent Borg
2001-07-31 19:18 ` William Scott Lockwood III
2001-07-31 21:27 ` Ian Stirling
2001-07-31 21:50 ` William Scott Lockwood III
2001-07-31 22:49 ` Alan Olsen
2001-07-31 22:41 ` Riley Williams
2001-07-31 22:54 ` [OT] " William Scott Lockwood III
2001-07-31 23:19 ` Riley Williams
2001-07-31 23:31 ` William Scott Lockwood III
2001-07-31 23:30 ` Riley Williams
2001-07-31 23:51 ` [OT] Virii (sic) Guest section DW
2001-08-01 4:03 ` PCMCIA IDE_CS in 2.4.7 Alan Olsen
2001-08-01 3:37 ` Keith Owens
2001-08-01 5:42 ` Alan Olsen
2001-08-02 14:18 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-02 19:07 ` Alan Olsen
2001-08-02 17:58 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-02 19:21 ` Alan Olsen
2001-08-02 20:48 ` Alan Olsen
2001-08-16 0:04 ` Paul Mackerras
2001-08-01 6:58 ` [OT] Virii (sic) Riley Williams
2001-08-01 8:13 ` [Ridiculously OT] " David Huen
2001-08-02 7:33 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-02 10:04 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-08-01 8:56 ` [OT] " Nadav Har'El
2001-08-01 9:13 ` Alessandro Suardi
2001-08-01 10:38 ` Wakko Warner
2001-08-01 10:44 ` Jean-Luc
2001-08-02 1:57 ` Johan Kullstam
2001-08-01 10:03 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-08-02 3:46 ` Rik van Riel
2001-07-31 22:00 ` Virii on vger.kernel.org lists Matti Aarnio
2001-07-31 22:16 ` William Scott Lockwood III
2001-08-01 10:49 ` Dominik Kubla
2001-08-01 11:04 ` Dominik Kubla
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