Re: [squid-users] File extension blocking rules

From: Dwayne Hottinger <dhottinger@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 09:02:04 -0400

You can block extensions with .scr using Norton and McAfee at your mail server.

ddh

Quoting Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães <leolistas@solutti.com.br>:

>
>
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON escreveu:
> > It's time to integrate a true content filter, like Dansguardian[1],
> > which will (when integrated with an Anti-virus) do real scanning of
> > all content. Squid can then do what is was born for - caching/proxying.
> >
>
> Yes, great tip ..... but unfortunelly most of the antivirus will
> fail to catch most of those worms that are being sent in .scr links on
> emails these days ...
>
> I have tested several of these worms, collected in my users
> messages, and scanned with clamav McAfee and Norton .... it was nearly a
> completly failure.
>
> I agree that integrating squid with antivirus is great, but it's
> wrong to think that this will keep you free from these kind of shit that
> will reach your network/users through http ...... Unfortunelly, but at
> least in my tests, completly true.
>
>
> --
>
>
> Atenciosamente / Sincerily,
> Leonardo Rodrigues
> Solutti Tecnologia
> http://www.solutti.com.br
>
> Minha armadilha de SPAM, NÃO mandem email
> gertrudes@solutti.com.br
> My SPAMTRAP, do not email it
>
>
>
>
>

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Dwayne Hottinger
Network Administrator
Harrisonburg City Public Schools
Received on Thu May 18 2006 - 07:02:08 MDT

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