Re: Email webbugs

From: Brian Rea (brea@physiometrics.net)
Date: 08/27/01 

Message-ID: <00b201c12f2d$00321300$26c8c8c8@123>
From: "Brian Rea" <brea@physiometrics.net>
To: "Tracy Martin" <tracy@arisiasoft.com>, <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: Email webbugs
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 15:18:03 -0400

> Set up a rule/filter to send any HTML or mixed mode messages to a special
> folder. Temporarily disconnect from the Internet (either by actually
> disconnecting or by playing with the Gateway setting for TCP/IP so it
can't
> find it's way out), then read the messages. Since Outlook/OE can't find
the
> Internet, it can't send the requests, and nothing gets logged.

another solution would be to configure your firewall to disallow port 80
access to msimn.exe or outlook.exe, etc, provided your firewall can be
configured with application-specific permissions.

also, the WebWasher local proxy (www.webwasher.com) has a web bug filter
(along with tons of other great features) and since it proxy's the MSIE
browser, it affects the MS email clients, as well... since they gain their
connectivity through MSIE.

- Dixieland

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