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Re: [ot] SPAM/Worm problem
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tyler |
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Re: [ot] SPAM/Worm problem |
Date: |
Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:45:18 -0500 (EST) |
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Erik Sandberg wrote:
> > MK> c) reject every mail containing attachments other than .ly or .png.
>
> Hm.. but this will not help once there are worms based on .ly :)
>
> > * I just received a Bagle.C message apparently from me (well, from my
> > address@hidden self) on the closed-post development list. This happened
> > despite the fact that the list is closed-for-posting and I work on an
> > UltraSPARC machine where Microsoft software does not run.
>
> That's weird.. you mean that you were not infected by that worm? Then, where
> did those messages come from?
Many viruses these days forge the from address...
> > * The specific suggestion to block ZIP files will close the current
> > pathway by which some requests for help are sent. The standard response
> > to a user whose message has been blocked because it is too large is to
> > suggest that she or he ZIP the file demonstrating the problem and send
> > it as an attachment. Are we, as a group, ready to say to someone needing
> > help "You need to reduce your problem to one that will fit into XXX bytes"?
>
> How about this: zip files are rare, but sometimes useful. A solution that is
> nicer than forbidding all zip (,exe,pif,doc..) files, could be to filter out
> all messages with suspicious content. Then all such messages would have to be
> approved by a list moderator before getting to the list.
>
> (and yes, I know Han-Wen and Jan have better things to spend their time on
> than approving messages.. but I'm sure there's some person on the list
> willing to act as a co-moderator)
>
> Erik
>
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