It took a while for ITD to discover this way of securing viruses was exceedinly harmful to outside users; At least this is a step forward in regards to IMAP and POP. ------------------------------------------------------ Flemming Videbaek Physics Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Subject: POP and IMAP E-Mail Services Restored > PLEASE NOTE: This message is being sent to all employees at the > request of the Information Technology Division. > *** > > POP and IMAP E-Mail Services Restored > > The Information Technology Division (ITD) has restored POP and IMAP > e-mail services to the Laboratory because of the adverse impact this > limitation has on BNL visitors and guests, and because of the fact > that the Nimba virus has been cleaned up internally. ITD asks all > employees to be diligent in checking their e-mail for viruses and to > educate themselves about the risks associated with this malicious > code. > > The Nimba virus is still being deflected from BNL's perimeter > firewall in very large numbers, so ITD continues to monitor it > closely. Many viruses enter the Lab through these connections > because ITD cannot filter these e-mails for viruses. The division > does filter all e-mail coming into the BNL Domain through the > firewall and has installed anti-virus protection on all ITD e-mail > servers. ITD has already seen the Nimba virus re-enter the Lab since > these services were restored; so again, ITD asks every user to help > keep BNL's networks clean and workstations updated. > > ITD will look for alternative ways to handle POP and IMAP mail over > the next few months by talking with software suppliers, other labs, > and government security personnel to learn how to minimize the risks > associated with this traffic. > > -- > *************************** > Media and Communications Office > Brookhaven National Laboratory > P.O. Box 5000 > Upton, NY 11973-5000 > PH: 631 344-5056 > FAX: 631 344-3368 > E-MAIL: pubaf@bnl.gov >
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