[Mimedefang] Anyone know anything about "maileet"?

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Wed Nov 5 11:04:42 EST 2003


On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Jon R. Kibler wrote:

> I saw a question in another security group about a program called
> "maileet" (http://www.maileet.com/) that poses some interesting
> filtering and security questions. The product claims to be able to
> send executable code that will bypass any firewall or mail filter by
> segmenting and encrypting it.

If someone is determined enough, he/she can bypass any kind of filtering.

My guess is that "maileet" will put some easily-identifiable constant
text in every part that it sends, so it should be relatively simple to
identify and block it.  But that's a bandaid solution.  The almost-correct
solution is to forbid users from installing software like this.  The correct
solution is to forbid users from using operating systems that are
vulnerable to, and spread, malware.

Regards,

David.



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