full-disclosure - another product affected by recent MS IE '@' patch

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

From: DARREN.L.BENNETT at saic.com (Darren Bennett)
Subject: another product affected by recent MS IE '@'
	patch

RE: the "signature" on this email. 

... "additionally, GFI MailSecurity creates a huge spam attachment at
the bottom of every message". :)

-Darren

On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 00:24, David Farinic wrote:
> >martin f krafft <madduck@...duck.net> wrote:
> 
> >> In Germany, and maybe in other parts of the world, some providers
> >> are attracting customers by announcing webpage packages where email
> >> address == web address. so, john@....de is the email, and
> >> john@....de is the website, while jane@....de may be the website of
> >> john's wife.
> 
> >From: Nick FitzGerald [mailto:nick@...us-l.demon.co.uk]
> >Well silly them.
> 
> >What kind of technical support can you expect from a "technology 
> >company" that deliberately flouts the standards of the technology it 
> >employs and provides a service based on known incorect and non-
> >standards conforming behavior in a generally available software 
> >product it has no control over?
> 
> Company which is exploring current technology  not just obey masses that
> what internet is about ... if you run any company on the internet u know
> that creativity is that what counts and making things easier 4 ppl is
> part of their job as well.
> This "feature" has been adopted because it was easy 4 ppl and saved them
> time increasing there productivity. Unfortunately sometimes increasing
> of productivity means decreasing level of security and we might get such
> setbacks but it's not reason to not go forward.
> 
> Regards David|F
> 
> This mail was content-checked for malicious code and viruses
> by GFI MailSecurity. GFI MailSecurity provides email content 
> checking, exploit detection and anti-virus for Exchange & 
> SMTP servers. Spam, viruses, dangerous attachments and
> offensive content are removed automatically. Key features 
> include: Multiple virus engines; Email content & attachment 
> checking; Exploit shield - email intrusion detection & defence; 
> Email threats engine - analyses & defuses HTML scripts, 
> .exe files & more. 
> 
> 
> 
> In addition to GFI MailSecurity, GFI also produces the GFI 
> FAXmaker fax server & GFI LANguard network security product 
> ranges. For more information on our products, please visit 
> http://www.gfi.com. This disclaimer was sent by GFI MailEssentials 
> for Exchange/SMTP.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
> Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
-- 
-----------------------------------------------
Darren Bennett - CISSP
Sr. Systems Administrator/Manager
Science Applications International Corporation
Advanced Systems Development and Integration
-----------------------------------------------

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison