Re: [SLUG] Antivirus and Email Encryption - both Linux and... that other OS

From: Scott Grizzard (scott@scottgrizzard.com)
Date: Mon Jun 15 2009 - 13:49:43 EDT


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These are all about setting up a gateway server - my problem is "what if
you are doing end-to-end encryption, where the mail servers /can't/ read
the email.

I understand the idea of doing encryption on the gateway, but if you are
encrypting on the local machines (using pgp for example), how do you do
antivirus?

- - Scott Grizzard
http://www.scottgrizzard.com/
scott@scottgrizzard.com

Pete Theisen wrote:
> Scott Grizzard wrote:
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>> I agree completely and wholeheartedly about your recommendations -
>> Window$ is evil and vulnerable beyond compare. /Given/ /that/, can I
>> send/receive encrypted email in a way that is still scanned by antivirus
>> on the client's computer?
>>
>> In an ideal world, the recipient would be using Linux, and there would
>> be no need, but, in an ideal world, blah blah blah.
>>
>> Iff I use Windows, and if I use gnupg encryption (or S/MIME), would the
>> anti-malware on the local computer scan the message /before/ it was
>> read, or is the anti-malware bypassed completely, leaving a giant
>> security hole no matter what OS I am using?
>>
>> I have been looking all over the web for an answer, and I have found
>> /nothing/ so far.
>
> Hi WScott!
>
> I sent you a link to the first article, the next ten of the four million
> probably are interesting as well,
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=linux+gateway+server&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
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