On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:43:08 +0000
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A 'software' isn't a real firewall in that it can be disabled by
> > opening an attachment or clicking on a web link.
>
> Very ture. I seem to forget this until I look more closely at SPAM
> with attachments and/or links. Has anybody else been hit by fake
> greeting cards on Thanksgiving? Here's the body of one that's in my
> trash. Thunderbird is set to force plain-text and avoid HTML, so the
> tareget of the URL is shown quite explicitly.
hardware firewalls do not prevent against social engineer attacks like
this.
a hardware firewall can indeed block emails... but the hardware variety
does not check the email body. i know there are these so-called 'active'
firewalls that do indeed look at the body of the message, but that's
just freaking nuts. it's not the firewalls job to inspect things above
layer3. looking at the body is just something that a mail server should
do.
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Regards, Ed :: http://www.bsdwarez.net
just another unix person
Vin Diesel was actually 'Born with it' and has been quoted as saying,
"Fuck Maybelline."
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