Re: disallow freemail

Endre.Szekely-Bencedi_at_hu-tcs.com
Date: 02/27/04

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To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:24:48 +0100

We're using SmartFilter, it has some 'categories' of sites, also freemails.
You can also add custom sites if you want, small, obscure freemail
services.

----- Forwarded by Endre Szekely-Bencedi/TM/TCSHUNGARY/TCS on 02/27/2004
01:44 AM -----

                    "steve"
                    <securityfocus@dela To: "haji din" <ahbh99@yahoo.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
                    hunty.com> cc:
                                               Subject: Re: disallow freemail
                    02/26/2004 09:22 PM
                    Please respond to
                    "steve"

We don't block it, but we are looking at doing so.

I know companies that block any site with the text "mail" in the URL.

There are threats from freemail, the biggest one you noted, but also the
work distraction factor.

There are appliances that can check POP and HTTP based email traffic.

----- Original Message -----
From: "haji din" <ahbh99@yahoo.com>
To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:57 AM
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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