Re: Bagle.j out

[Tim Lane <tlane () SCU EDU AU>]

We have just re enabled zips and exe's due to 'popular demand' despite
elaborating on the potential risk of doing so.  It would appear that the
ease of email based file distribution overrides any virus damage that might
occur.

Tim



At 11:31 PM 2/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> Jason Richardson wrote:
> > Question: has anyone resorted to dropping ZIPs and/or other attachments
> > at your gateways until/unless this storm passes?  I mentioned in a
> > meeting that I would be proposing it to my management and received the
> > predictable reaction, i.e., "you can't block ZIPs, we won't be able to
> > do business."  Of course I was not deterred but I also haven't been
> > given clearance to block the attachments.
>
> We've been stripping zips on and off for the past several
> weeks as activity dictates. When the server strips the
> attachment, it forwards the message intact with information
> about what was blocked and how to get it if they really
> want it (notify sender to rename).
>
> --
> Gary Flynn
> Security Engineer - Technical Services
> James Madison University
>
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