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Subject: Re: E-mail virus scanning(Good Times)
From: "S. Alexander Jacobson" <alex @ virtual . office . com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:39:05 -29900
To: LUKE WESEMAN <LUKE_WESEMAN . MAXUSA @ notes . maxus . com>
Cc: firewalls <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>
In-reply-to: <9504261513 . AA2152 @ notes>
Reply-to: "S. Alexander Jacobson" <alex @ virtual . office . com>

> Theoretically shouldn't it be possible to scan all email at the gateway for a 
> virus inside a mail message? 

This scan will fail when internal users are using PGP, PEM, or 
some other encrypted mail protocol.  To deliver a Virus, you just 
UUENCODE and encrypt.  The right answer is user education and regular virus 
scanning of all internal machines.

-Alex-

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S. Alexander Jacobson             Internet                Virtual Office Inc.
alex @
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 office .
 com          Consulting          info @
 virtual .
 office .
 com
http://vo.com/people/alex/           **            http://virtual.office.com
1-212-799-2645 voice             Technology        gopher.virtual.office.com
1-212-799-1075 fax                Strategy         telephone: 1-800-TODAY-VO


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