Re: Virus Checking Encrypted Email - Exchange & AD

From: Brian Komar (bkomar_at_nospam.identit.ca)
Date: 05/26/05


Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 14:48:59 -0500

In article <1117055978.057769.311410@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
ian@expandableit.co.uk says...
>
> Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question, but what process is in place
> for virus scanning encrypted emails, when a MS CA PKI is implemented in
> an Active Directory Infrastructure?
>
> We have Norton AV for Exchange 2000 but.....Are Encrypted email allowed
> to pass right through unchecked? wow major prob with this - obviously
> but......
>
> How can they be decrypted and checked for virus, given they are sealed
> for a specific person?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ian
>
>
The only solution would be to implement gateway encryption, so that the
email enters and exits the email server unencrypted, but is encrypted at
a gateway when delivered externally.

There is no default recovery agent, etc as there is with EFS.

Brian

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