RE: disallow freemail

From: Sean Kelly (sean_at_itsecurityconsultant.com)
Date: 02/26/04

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:25:44 -0000

    They can also upload sensitive company data to their freemail accounts
    Haji, therefore bypassing your normal email content filtering rules.

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: haji din [mailto:ahbh99@yahoo.com]
    Sent: 26 February 2004 09:58
    To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: disallow freemail

    hi list,

    anybody blocking or having a security policy that
    disallow users from using freemail (yahoo, hotmail,
    etc)?

    what are security threat that freemail poses to
    corporate network?

    One threat is that users will be able to download
    malicious files, bypassing security measure at a mail
    gateway. Any more ideas?

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