Mailscanner 4.28.5-2 and Unscanneabled Zips

[Rose, Bobby]

Support calls and emails asking about them would be one reason and the
second reason would be to prevent it from becoming a form of DOS attack.
It's just a suggestion.  I'd think it just be another Compress::Zip
error code and it's take less resources to stop them than actually
deliverying them. 

I have Symantec for Exchange running on our mailbox servers and it's
taking care of the problem but I'm certain not everyone out there has
the same setup that I do with MS watching the borders and Symantec
watching internal mail.

-=B


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf Of Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 11:18 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Mailscanner 4.28.5-2 and Unscanneabled Zips

If they are harmless it seems like a waste of resources stopping them,
unless I am missing something....

Mr. Michele Neylon
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: 07 March 2004 16:05
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] Mailscanner 4.28.5-2 and Unscanneabled Zips
>
>
> At 15:51 07/03/2004, you wrote:
> >ThI think the Bagle/Beagle virus also has a bug in that it sends 
> >broken zip files not just password protected ones.  I've seen some 
> >unscanneable zips.  Can MailScanner next revision aplly the same rule

> >to broken zips that it does for passord protected ones?
>
> But broken zips are harmless, so why stop them?
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