> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Reams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 09:07
> To: 'Ray'; Noonan, Wesley
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: FW: Anna Kournikova virus information - Please Read
>
>
> Not to totally encourage a non-firewall thread...
>
> But why not block .exe or .vbs, or whatever? If it's so
> important to have
> it sent via email, why can't the sender use some utility like
> WinZip or
> pkzip and then attach the file? Who really needs Flash
> greeting cards and
> rampant email viruses anyways? The problem we had with our
> virus scanner on
> our mail server was that there wasn't an updated virus
> definition for the
> Anna's virus yet. That and our users that couldn't
> distinguish the .vbs
> extention and double-clicking on the attachment (arrrgh).
I am not saying you *shouldn't*. All I am saying is to consider your
circumstances before you *do*. A one size fits all security policy is a
fallacy.
Wes Noonan, MCSE/MCT/CCNA/NNCSS
Senior QA Rep.
BMC Software, Inc.
(713) 918-2412
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.bmc.com
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