Very long filenames?

Ken Goods KGoods at AIAInsurance.com
Fri Jun 29 16:18:29 IST 2007


I received this notification this morning. 

Subject: Re: 
MessageID: l5TDre77020228
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Report: MailScanner: Very long filenames are good signs of attacks against
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I was just wondering how long is a *long* filename? This doesn't appear to
be excessive as we commonly get Word documents that are much longer. I
looked around but couldn't find the upper limit that triggers this rule.

Thanks,
Ken

Ken Goods
Network Administrator
CropUSA Insurance, Inc.


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