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Re: viruses being sent to this list
From: "Riad S. Wahby" <rsw () jfet org>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:44:04 -0500
John Cartwright <johnc () grok org uk> wrote:
As I see it, there are two means of regulating malicious content from spoofed subscribed addresses. One, we moderate the list. Two, we use anti-virus or other scanning to try to prevent this data flow. Let's consider the effect of these options:
On the Cypherpunks node I run, every email is demimed[1] before it's sent to list subscribers. In my opinion, (almost) every mailing list ought to do the same. Let people who want to transfer files use a more appropriate medium (http, ftp, bittorrent, whatever) or UUEncode them. [1] http://scifi.squawk.com/demime.html -- Riad Wahby rsw () jfet org MIT VI-2 M.Eng _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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