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Re: Mail security (was: Mangling of mails)

• Posted by Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> Jan 24, 2003
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Kat,

And, of course, if their test, intended to showcase their security software,
is incomplete, then what might that say about their software?

BTW, "ZoneAlarm" points people to a (not associated?) web site to test
firewalls, Gibson Research,
http://grc.com/default.htm
the "ShieldsUp" test, what do you think of it?  I haven't tried the trojan
download test yet.

Dan Moyer

----- Original Message -----
From: <gertie at visionsix.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 3:05 AM
Subject: Re: Mail security (was: Mangling of mails)


>
> On 24 Jan 2003, at 1:51, Dan Moyer wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Juergen,
> >
> > <snipped by human with 4 eyes)
> >
> > > > Anyway, if you want to make sure, there's a test (safe) at
> > > > http://www.gfi.com/emailsecuritytest/ that will expose all your
> > > > client's weaknesses.
> > >
> > > They sent me 15(!) test mails. 
> > > Very interesting!
> > >
> >
> > I also got the 15 test emails, I think my system passed all but the
eicar
> > test virus, which is caught on save/open.  Hope this really was safe!!
>
> <unsnipped by me>
>
> Almost all those seemed to rely on VBS. I wonder what would happen if they
> used some actual machine code or other interpreter on the puter.
>
> Kat
>
>
>
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