Is there a way to block html mail at the edge using a proxy ro something? Scott Francis wrote:

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 08:21:52AM -0400, jmcburnett@msmgmt.com said:

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Jack Bates Wrote:

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In the US, the pipe is limited in any number of ways in attempts to limit how many people share their broadband with their neighbor at a reduced rate.

Another issue is that handing out IP addresses to the home at this point is foolish. User's, in general, can't protect themselves.

EXACTLY-- I wish there was some kind of regulatory something or other that made a cable/dsl router mandatory... HMMM -- Wonder is Lieberman would sponsor a bill? ;)

Unfortunately, firewalls and NAT don't protect against the single biggest class of vulnerabilities at the moment - application holes. Put a stock Windows box behind a firewall, and the average user will probably have it compromised in less than a day through either an Outlook variant, MSIE or one of the other Windows "features". Microsoft decided to trade security for bells and whistles long ago, and we are all paying for it now. I wonder if the inevitable DCOM worm will finally be enough to get a class-action lawsuit started ...

Right now, I'd settle for simply removing HTML capabilities from email clients. Removing email worms and viruses would eliminate a _huge_ chunk of wasted bandwidth and much of the administrative hassle of operating an SMTP server.

*sigh*

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