Re: [AMaViS-user] thoughts on hard-whitelisting

On Jul 16, 2007, at 9:35 PM, MrC wrote:
>> If this is indeed possible in amavisd, are there any
>> compelling reasons NOT to do it, and if not, can someone point me
>> in the right direction for how to set that up?
>
> One compelling reason... you cannot control or influence the
> infection rates of remote systems.
>
> It is staggering how many corporate and home PCs are infected with
> various forms of malware, including botting software. User address
> books are routinely culled to supply bot email address databases.

Yes, I agree that this is a problem. Why people run software that
is susceptible to such attacks is something I'll never understand. :-(

> I personally would never blindly entrust my system's security to
> some other user or admin,

Nor would I, hence my request for advice from like-minded people. ;)

> especially just to save some cycles.

Well "just" in this case is a bit of an issue...my network
switches a *lot* of messages; those machines run pegged all day
long. I don't worry about it for my home network, but at work things
are a different story. I suppose it'll just mean pouring more
hardware on the problem.

Thank you for your perspective.

-Dave

--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL



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