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Re: Blocking email through the web services
From: Mikael Olsson <mikael.olsson () clavister com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:02:46 +0100
"Chapman, Justin T" wrote:
One type of protection that I've implemented before is the use of a virus scanning engine to scan incoming http traffic. While this doesn't block access to webmail services per se, it does make these sites one less avenue for malicious code/virii to enter a network.
Virus scanning on HTTP helps, if viruses are all you worry about. I personally worry about targeted attacks too, but I see why most people can't be bothered with that :) Just keep in mind that virus scanning HTTPS is ... um .. problematic ;)
Checkpoint has Content Vectoring Protocol capabilities [...]
Install transparent proxy HTTP virus scanner. Done. No CVP. If you're worried about adding one more single point of failure common for ALL communications, one can also put this box on a service network and use any router/fw capable of policy routing to hand off traffic to the gateway. -- Mikael Olsson, Clavister AB Storgatan 12, Box 393, SE-891 28 ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)660 29 92 00 Mobile: +46 (0)70 26 222 05 Fax: +46 (0)660 122 50 WWW: http://www.clavister.com _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Blocking email through the web services seadog (Jan 22)
- Re: Blocking email through the web services Paul D. Robertson (Jan 22)
- Re: Blocking email through the web services Martin Peikert (Jan 22)
- Re: Blocking email through the web services Mikael Olsson (Jan 22)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Blocking email through the web services Noonan, Wesley (Jan 22)
- RE: Blocking email through the web services Nieveler, Juergen (Jan 22)
- Re: Blocking email through the web services Martin Peikert (Jan 22)
- RE: Blocking email through the web services Skough Axel U/IT-S (Jan 22)
- RE: Blocking email through the web services Chapman, Justin T (Jan 22)
- Re: Blocking email through the web services Mikael Olsson (Jan 23)
- Re: Blocking email through the web services John Keeton (Jan 24)
- Re: Blocking email through the web services Mikael Olsson (Jan 23)
- RE: Blocking email through the web services Nieveler, Juergen (Jan 24)
- RE: Blocking email through the web services Dawes, Rogan (ZA - Johannesburg) (Jan 24)