Re: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content6

[Chad Schieken <cschieke () advsys com>]

I went back and re-read this thread... what about people just using PGP
to encrypt thier mail?


> According to Perry E. Metzger:
> > Users smart enough to use a scanner can send out GIF's of sensitive
> > documents without you being able to detect it via automation.
>
> "Sufficiently determined" detectors can decode common graphic formats
> and pump them through OCR software.  Even designs typically have
> textual labels you can key on.
>
> However, you are right. "Smart" users can employ steganographic
> techniques to hide data in the images.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
> -- 
> Tom Schiavinato                            Advanced Systems Consulting Inc.
> Senior Systems Consultant                                     Marlton, N.J.