bugtraq - Re: RFC: virus handling

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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:09:05 -0800
From: Dave Clendenan <dave@...e.clendenan.ca>
To: John Fitzgibbon <fitz@...tz.com>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: RFC: virus handling


On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 02:00:03PM -0800, John Fitzgibbon wrote:
> There is one standardized feature for virus and other bounce messages, (which 
> isn't mentioned in the original proposal), which I believe would really help:
> 
> A bounce should *always* include a MIME attachment of type 
> message/rfc822-headers which contains the full headers from the original 
> mail. This makes it relatively easy to check on the receiving side if the 
> original "Received: from" headers are valid, and simply drop bounces that 
> relate to messages that were originally sent with forged headers.
>

Outstanding idea.  If you (or anyone else on the list) already have a
tested procmail recipe for this, please share.  If not, let's make one
and share it around...


thanks


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