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Re: Virus Scanning


From: Adam Shostack <adam () homeport org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:55:50 -0400

On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 06:17:00AM -0700, Mellon, Ty wrote:
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| Gauntlet includes McAfee Web Scan in the Firewall. (Remember the
| question about letting ActiveX content in?  Don't decide whether or
| not ALL ActiveX content should be let in or out --- SCAN IT ON THE WAY
| IN!!) This is single vendor protection, not "a third party plug in". 

Does McAfee web scan analyze the ActiveX code, or look for signatures
of known hostile code?

Adam


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