[UCLA-LUG] I Love You virus

David Braginsky daveey@ucla.edu
Sun, 7 May 2000 01:36:57 -0700


if by big brother you mean sendmail servers between you and the source. its
sent clear text (most of the time) anyway

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-admin@linux.ucla.edu [mailto:linux-admin@linux.ucla.edu]On
> Behalf Of chris
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 1:32 AM
> To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> Subject: RE: [UCLA-LUG] I Love You virus
>
>
> On Sun, 7 May 2000, David Braginsky wrote:
>
> > How about an extension to mail servers that allows blocking messages
> > containing a certain bit pattern from being forwarded. This software
> > could monitor an online database, and as soon as the virus is discovered
> > and added to the db, all enabled servers will no longer forward it. The
> > same approach could be used with mail clients.
>
> you mean, invite big brother to inspect your mail?
>
>
>
> -chris
>
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