I hope you were being rhetorical in your questions. If not, you clearly
do not have enough experience to be discussing what should and should
not be allowed via email.
As a state agency, we work with many other organizations (large and
small), some only have regular email access to work with.
David J O'Neill
Senior Systems Analyst
State of Oregon
Department of Human Services
Office of Information Services
PH# 503.378.2101 ext. 280
email david.j.oneill_at_state.or.us
>>> Jonathan Loh <kj6loh_at_yahoo.com> 03/15/05 10:44AM >>>
Ok let's take it from that standpoint then. All executables are not
evil.
All computer users are not evil. Does this mean we will shut down our
firewalls and let everybody access our internal networks?
I'm not saying stop all email traffic, far from it, just all archives.
There
are many ways of getting archives in. But oh well to each his own.
Have you
heard of ssh/scp/sftp for deployment of programs? Along with perhaps
an email
stating where to get your program and how to install it?
--- David J ONEILL <David.J.Oneill_at_state.or.us> wrote:
> And your point is ....
>
> Not all executable files are evil, the source of the file must be
> considered. Sometimes, such as client server applications,
executable
> files must be deployed with the associated resource files. And with
the
> limitations on attachment sizes placed on commercial email systems,
one
> needs all the compression one can get.
>
> David J O'Neill
> Senior Systems Analyst
> State of Oregon
> Department of Human Services
> Office of Information Services
> PH# 503.378.2101 ext. 280
> email david.j.oneill_at_state.or.us
>
> >>> Jonathan Loh <kj6loh_at_yahoo.com> 03/14/05 10:41PM >>>
> Ok let's have a reality check.
> Blocking archive files is easy by just writing a simple filter
looking
> for
> various extensions. Pruning executable files means you will have to
> use that
> same filter, open the archive, either extract the whole thing,
delete
> the
> executables, and repackage the whole thing, or delete the
executables
> in place.
>
> Everyone can split large application files, or can be taught how,
and
> send them
> to be repackaged. Ever wonder how TCP and UDP work?
>
> --- David J ONEILL <David.J.Oneill_at_state.or.us> wrote:
> > Gee, why not just block ALL email communication. That would save
> you
> > some work too.
> >
> > Archive files are a necessary part of communication and very
> beneficial
> > in saving bandwidth.
> >
> > Let's have a reality check ....
> >
> > David J O'Neill
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > State of Oregon
> > Department of Human Services
> > Office of Information Services
> > PH# 503.378.2101 ext. 280
> > email david.j.oneill_at_state.or.us
> >
> > >>> Jonathan Loh <kj6loh_at_yahoo.com> 03/14/05 02:21PM >>>
> > Ok that's a solution. But what I want to ask you is this. How
much
> > overhead
> > does it take to do this? Blocking archive files would be an
easier
> > method with
> > little overhead. Possibly with a reply to sender that your site
> does
> > not
> > accept archive files.
> > --- Kinnell <kinnell.t_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On the network I'm a member of we block all exe files sent
inside
> > the
> > > rar or zip, so even if it is sent the file will be 0byted.
> Wouldn't
> > > that be a better method? otherwise if you block all bz2, zip,
> rar,
> > > etc... then you will block a lot of useful communication
> > >
> > > -Kinnell
> > >
> > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:49:16 -0500, adisegna_at_siscocorp.com
> > > <adisegna_at_siscocorp.com> wrote:
> > > > Sean, I have to disagree with you. Any file that that can
> > encapsulate an
> > > > executable file should be blocked (IMO). ZIP files are one of
> the
> > > > biggest carriers of malicious content these days. I don't make
> it
> > a
> > > > habbit of trusting my users no matter how many times they get
> > trained.
> > > > RAR extraction tools are not part of the software image policy
> on
> > my
> > > > network so users are oblivious to the file blocking. What is
> your
> > > > solution?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > AD
> > > > Information Technology Group
> > > > Security Identification Systems Corporation
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Sean Crawford [mailto:sean01_at_accnet.com.au]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:39 PM
> > > > To: security-basics_at_securityfocus.com
> > > > Subject: RE: 543.rar attachment
> > > >
> > > > ---> -----Original Message-----
> > > > ---> From: adisegna_at_siscocorp.com
[mailto:adisegna_at_siscocorp.com]
>
> > > >
> > > > ---> Subject: RE: 543.rar attachment
> > > >
> > > > ---> I just recently got the same executable inside .rar. I
> > extracted
> > > > the
> > > > ---> dddd.exe and ran a scan on it. Norton Corporate 9.01
didn't
> > find
> > > > ---> anything (as of 4 days ago). I wasn't about to double
click
> > this
> > > > exe on
> > > > ---> my corporate network. Block the rar extension on your
mail
> > server.
> > > > --->
> > > >
> > > > rar is a valid compression format...blocking it isn't a very
> good
> > > > solution.
> > > >
> > > > 2 cents.
> > > >
> > > > Sean
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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