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RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses
From: "Curt Purdy" <purdy () tecman com>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:46:24 -0600
Valdis.Kletnieks wrote:
It's not 3^36, which is multiple billions, it's only 36^3, which is 46,656. And only one has to get through to an idiot. Anybody else got a mail server that blocked more than that many Netsky's this weekend alone? Draw the obvious conclusion here... And *that* was why I was dubious as to the real usefulness...
I don't care if it is only 46. The whole point was I don't care if the whole world knows our proprietary extension. No virus writer is going to waist time pointing her 0-day worm at us. The whole idea is to spread as much as possible, so they will pick standard extensions only. If it is not a 0-day, our AV server will kill it anyway. This mehtodology has stopped 100% of all virus attachments since institution. Our AV server is getting bored, having nothing to do. In addition I don't get up at 5am anymore to scan the lists for the newest outbreak. The peaceful sleep alone is proof of it's usefullness. Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions ---------------------------------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses, (continued)
- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Curt Purdy (Mar 05)
- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Ron DuFresne (Mar 05)
- Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Cael Abal (Mar 05)
- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Curt Purdy (Mar 05)
- Re: E-Mail viruses Cael Abal (Mar 05)
- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Chris DeVoney (Mar 05)
- Re: E-Mail viruses starwars (Mar 05)
- Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Nick FitzGerald (Mar 06)
- Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 08)
- Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Nick FitzGerald (Mar 08)
- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Curt Purdy (Mar 09)
- Re: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses gadgeteer (Mar 05)
- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Patrick Nolan (Mar 05)
- Re: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Nick FitzGerald (Mar 05)
- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh] (Mar 07)
- RE: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Nick FitzGerald (Mar 07)
- Re: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Jorge Daza (Mar 07)
- Re: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Nick FitzGerald (Mar 07)
- Re: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses Sam Sharpe (Mar 08)