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Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content
From: Bennett Todd <bet () mordor net>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:04:14 -0400
1998-08-11-14:36:00 Dean Ethier:
Put controls on email, and users will just start using other services (ftp, http, irc, etc) to move thier little bundles of electrons. Sounds to me like you would be fast creating yourself a proverbial leaky dike. Plug one hole, and the water comes pouring out another. Short of pulling the plug, how do you hope to control this??
Depends on your goals. If you want to erect a uniformly strong barrier, then don't bother trying to track email if you aren't doing comparable checking and tracking on every other service. This implies, among other things, that there are no outbound end-to-end encrypted services. On the other hand, many people are happy doing easy scanning for easy targets, and don't feel bad if they only catch the ignorant or careless perps, letting the clever ones easily avoid notice. -Bennett
Current thread:
- RE: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content, (continued)
- RE: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Francis, Catherine (Aug 07)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Chris Crozier (Aug 09)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Perry E. Metzger (Aug 09)
- RE: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Chris Crozier (Aug 10)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Joseph S. D. Yao (Aug 10)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Adam Shostack (Aug 11)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Perry E. Metzger (Aug 09)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Steve Bellovin (Aug 09)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Brian Steele (Aug 10)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Jeremy Epstein (Aug 11)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Dean_Ethier (Aug 11)
- Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Bennett Todd (Aug 12)
- RE: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Stout, Bill (Aug 12)
- RE: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Gary Crumrine (Aug 12)
- RE: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Gary Crumrine (Aug 12)
- RE: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content Readwin, Neil (Aug 12)