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Re: suggestions for blocking dangerous mail attachments?


From: "Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:18:26 -0500

I have seen some.  Having a pdf trigger something "bad" is hard, but can
be done.  I would not lose any sleep over it.

Jim

m0use wrote:

Juan Mejia wrote:

Hello guys,
    Tired   of   users  who  refuse  to  think twice before running an
    attachment,

I just block any attachment that has a know virus associated with it
except pdf's. Which means very few attachments are allowed in.  I
haven't haven't seen an email virus in about 6 months.

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m0use

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James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA
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