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well, how about this....

>>SMTP should be "required" to scan all outgoing
>>mail using current virus technology. Will this
>>be enacted by a law? Who does the enforcement
>>and what department has jurisdiction? Is
>>current virus technology going to be a
>>government issued virus scanner?

Don't need the government, if all the largest email providers used SMTP that scanned for viruses and enforced a "your email server will scan for viruses also or we will not allow your email server to connect to our email server" all the smaller companies will be forced to use virus scanners or their users will not be able to email anyone else.

>>And in the instance of this paticular virus,
>>it gets e-mailed using its own SMTP server.
>>So shouldnt all incoming servers be required
>>to scan as well?

Yes, and all email servers should be required to check for an MX record of a connecting email server, if it is a fake email server on an infected system, it will not have an MX record, and, all email should be rejected.

>>"In addition, all ISP's should suspend web
>>access (30 days?) for all users who try to
>>send out viruses/trojans, assuming the bug
>>is one that requires an act of idiocy."
>>Sounds like this one will be handled by the
>>thought police. During this thirty day
>>suspension, is the user free to switch to a
>>different ISP while he serves the thirty day
>>with his current ISP?

Anyone can have multiple email services, but, if someone infected have several email services his/her system will probably be sending viruses to all of them and all of them should suspend them based on the viruses being sent to them, not other providers.

this would really cut down the viruses being flung around through SMTP at least.

Posted by: TechType   Posted on: 02/17/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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