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

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Message-ID: <001401c36d9f$d4d5e0c0$0201a8c0@cyber.god>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:06:13 +1200
From: "Steve Wray" <steve.wray@...adise.net.nz>
To: "'Vladimir Parkhaev'" <vladimir@...bas.net>,
   "'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


Wellllll best... but not impossible to do it at the
firewall; you can do string matching in iptables (Linux).
You might need a powerful computer and fast NICs
tho otherwise performance might be a bit bad!
;)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of 
> Vladimir Parkhaev
> Sent: Friday, 29 August 2003 3:17 a.m.
> To: William Warren
> Cc: Fabio Gomes de Souza; bugtraq@...urityfocus.com; 
> full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] 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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