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Re: disallow freemail
From: "Bill Hardstone" <rhardstone () eudoramail com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:21:55 -0500
Couple of added questions on the same note... (1) What is required from administrator perspective to block the freemail access to the user community. For example, IP addresses can be blocked to specific free mail on the firewall... (2) If as an administrator, one were to allow freemail access. Which freemail is lesser vulnerable (although all are... but keeping aside issues with uploading company's sensative information or downloading malware that does not go thru normal mail screening procedures). For example, a lot of clients i goto i have noticed that they mostly block hotmail but would allow yahoo or eudoramail. what is the difference? Bill -- --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:01:58 From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net> To: security-basics () securityfocus com Cc: haji din <ahbh99 () yahoo com>
Haji: And every other vulnerability that email poses to the corporate network but alas I see you use one of freemail services so guess what you are saying do as I say not as I do... Probably does not "wash" too good in today's environment. VR Henry haji din wrote:hi list, anybody blocking or having a security policy that disallow users from using freemail (yahoo, hotmail, etc)? what are security threat that freemail poses to corporate network? One threat is that users will be able to download malicious files, bypassing security measure at a mail gateway. Any more ideas? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Current thread:
- disallow freemail haji din (Feb 26)
- Re: disallow freemail steve (Feb 26)
- Re: disallow freemail Henry Brown (Feb 26)
- RE: disallow freemail Sean Kelly (Feb 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: disallow freemail Shawn Jackson (Feb 26)
- Re: disallow freemail geraldf (Feb 27)
- Re: disallow freemail Endre . Szekely-Bencedi (Feb 27)
- Re: disallow freemail Endre . Szekely-Bencedi (Feb 27)
- Re: disallow freemail Bill Hardstone (Feb 27)