[PD] What I know about this f****ing worm

ludwig zeininger lu at mur.at
Thu Nov 29 14:59:09 CET 2001


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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Norbert Math wrote:

::my plan now is to:
::
::- install a scanner an see if it really works, otherwise
::
::- block all mail written in outlook and all executable attachements and
::  let them go to the list only after an examination, and if this 
::  is not efficient
::
::- reject all outlook mail and attachements.
::
::
::what do you think?

tuff, norbert!

my 2c:
we're having a discussion here at mur.at about our policy regarding email
viruses/wurms etc. our preliminary conclusion being not to block anything
(except for non-rfc-compliant messages and maybe html). primarily for
political reasons: why should we (being a debian-only 'provider'/network)
waste time and resources just to make life easier and more secure for
m$-slaves? + it's also a matter of freedom and choice (somebody chooses a
crappy product, that very somebody will have to deal with the consequences,
not us). that's where an 'educational' aspect comes in: people simply must
learn more about the tools and the media they're using. i'm sick and tired
of all the poor weirdos sending outlook-'email' with background-ani-gifs
and m$-stylesheets, stupid attachments and an occasional virus on top...
(type: 'please help, my email doesn't work!!!')

not insinuating any of those are on this list, of course ;}

lu

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