Message strangeness from ZDnet

James Gray james at grayonline.id.au
Thu Mar 17 09:17:21 GMT 2005


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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:52 pm, Julian Field wrote:
> My best guess is that they were either part of a form, or were IFrames.
> As shipped, MailScanner disarms IFrames (they have been used in *so*
> many attacks!). You can set more of the "Log" options to "yes" to see
> more in your logs.

Agreed - I normally disarm forms, iframes, and block scripts.  I've made all
of these into rule files, and allowed stuff from ZDnet.  I'll see what
happens tomorrow.  Thanks for the suggestions (I've increased the logging
options too).

Cheers,

James
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One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.

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