[UCLA-LUG] I Love You virus

[David Braginsky]

I trust macaffe to send me their virus definitions don't i?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-admin@linux.ucla.edu [mailto:linux-admin@linux.ucla.edu]On
> Behalf Of chris
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 1:41 AM
> To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> Subject: RE: [UCLA-LUG] I Love You virus
>
>
> On Sun, 7 May 2000, David Braginsky wrote:
>
> > if by big brother you mean sendmail servers between you and the source.
> > its sent clear text (most of the time) anyway
>
> no.  by big brother i mean whoever you are trusting to set up your
> database.  for example, supposing that i offered to do it and showed you
> credentials that led you to believe in my capabilities.  and, maybe, 3 or
> 4 weeks into it, i start to filter out mail with whatever random keywords
> i like.  do you trust me not to do that?
>
>
> -chris
>
> > > -----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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