RE: Virus Update

["Roeland Meyer (E-mail)" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

AFAICT, Frontpage server extentions, under many flavors of *nix, can also execute VBS files, as can the ChiliSoft ASP 
stuff.

BTW, VSD files are Visio drawings. You want to block VBS files.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> Eric A. Hall
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:08 AM
> To: Branden R. Williams
> Cc: nanog () merit edu; bugtraq () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Virus Update
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> > I would assume that if you are not on a Windows platform that you
> > are not affected.
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> You are safe from most of these as long as you don't use a mailer that
> wantonly executes VB script. Outlook for Windows is the specific
> culprit, not Windows.
>
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