[60987] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Email virus protection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Palmer)
Wed Aug 20 15:53:52 2003
From: "John Palmer" <nanog@adns.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:51:16 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Hey - they aren't supposed to be using their work e-mail for stuff
other than work - especially in a banking environment.
I would be unhappy if my bank did not exclude executables from
outside e-mail.
Again, ITS YOUR EMPLOYERS NETWORK, NOT YOURS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
To: "Jack Bates" <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 14:29
Subject: Re: Email virus protection
>
> Yo Jack!
>
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Jack Bates wrote:
>
> > The best method for protection of your network (by limiting exposure of
> > your users to viruses) is to strip executable files. We replace the
> > files with a small text file mentioning the filename and a brief
> > description of why we stripped it and who to contact if they need the file.
>
> I love guys like you. All my customers once had (still have) admins
> that filtered and cleaned their email for them. Also added
> firewalls for their protection. Now they are my customers because they
> do not want your protections.
>
> What you are doing is certainly proper in some cases. I would hope
> BofA learned that lesson after the last worm attack that killed their
> ATM network. That also means a lot of bank employees need to also have
> an ISP account from me to do things they can not do with their email on
> the job.
>
> RGDS
> GARY
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701
> gem@rellim.com Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676
>
>
>
