RE: Stripping MIME attachments at FW-1

["Gautier . Rich" <RGautier () drc com>]

You may want to specify the MIME type as application/program or
"application/executable".  I believe that things like MS-Word attachments
use "application/ms-word" and the such.


-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Scrace [mailto:postmaster () ludwig ucl ac uk]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 11:32 AM
To: firewall-wizards
Subject: [fw-wiz] Stripping MIME attachments at FW-1


Has anybody successfully managed to implement stripping executable
attachments from mail using a SMTP security server on FireWall-1 running
under Solaris. I have tried and failed. Using a mime type of "application",
the result is that incoming mail that has any kind of attachment is blocked
until I disable the rule in the security policy.

Any tips or pointers would be appreciated.
Many thanks
Geoff Scrace

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