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

From: Joe Brandt (vzd1s11k@verizon.net)
Date: Wed Jun 17 2009 - 16:30:48 EDT


I only wrote it and sent it once, I promise

On Tuesday 16 June 2009 05:59:43 pm Ken Elliott wrote:
> This is the third time I've received the message from Joe. Are others
> seeing this?
>
>
> Ken Elliott
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Joe Brandt
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:16 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Antivirus and Email Encryption - both Linux and... that
> other OS
>
> > 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?
>
> The logical place to pose that question would be the software company that
> wrote the encryption software as the anti-virus people would not even think
> of
> that.
>
> my 2 cents
>
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