bugtraq - Re: AV "feature" does more DDoS than Sobig

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Message-ID: <20030828151657.GA30934@arobas.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:16:57 -0400
From: Vladimir Parkhaev <vladimir@...bas.net>
To: William Warren <hescominsoon@...lphia.net>
Cc: Fabio Gomes de Souza <bugtraq@....com.br>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
   full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: Re: AV "feature" does more DDoS than Sobig

Quoting William Warren (hescominsoon@...lphia.net):
> this is the very reason i block all executables at my firewall...plus it 
> reduces the load on my workstations from having to scan all that 
> garbage..<G>

firewall? the best place to block IMHO will be on mail gateways
( you can bounce it with a nice message like 'atttachements of this
type are not welcome here' )....

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