"Myron Davis" <myrond@xyxx.com> writes: > Theoretically one could modify a worm to send random zip'd files of zeros > along the way to different hosts to really kill the destinations > computers. > Is this all just back to fail open/fail closed? I have a file that will cause XXX virus scanner to crash. Does the SMTP agent view that as a reason to reject the email or does it pass it through? If it does a temporary rejection message because of some internal failure, the infection rateof these messages becomes very low. Not sure how virus scanners + SMTP servers interact with regards to tradition SMTP errors. It would be an effective anti-cleanup method though. -- Chris Green <cmg@dok.org> Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever.
